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A 15-year-old female patient with Lenke type 2CN curve (patient no. 20). a Preoperative Cobb angle of 74° for the thoracic and 52° for the lumbar curve. b Halm–Liljenqvist instrumentation from T6 to T12 and 1 year of postoperative brace treatment to control the lumbar curve. At follow-up, thoracic Cobb angle of 32° and lumbar Cobb angle of 31° with a balanced spine. c Preoperative thoracic kyphosis of 26°. d Lateral view at follow-up demonstrates normal thoracic kyphosis of 25°
