Fig. 1.
A 53-year-old woman with T9–10 tuberculosis. A, B The X-ray film before surgery demonstrated intervertebral stenosis between the T9–10. C–F Preoperative CT and MRI showed T9–10 vertebral bone destruction with paravertebral and intraspinal abscess. G–J Postoperative X-ray and CT of the patient who underwent anterolateral debridement and instrumentation at T9–10 with autologous rib bone graft. K–N X-ray and CT at 24 months postoperative showed good bone fusion between T9–10, without signs of tuberculosis recurrence and no apparent bone absorption or fractures