Fig. 1.

a–d A 33-year-old woman with spinal tuberculosis (TB) in the T9–12 vertebrae, especially T10–11. Three mobile segments were instrumented anteriorly, and 9° correction of kyphosis deformity was obtained after anterior radical debridement and titanium cage filled with morsellised rib-bone grafting and instrumentation in the sagittal plane. There was an 11° loss of correction in local kyphosis angle at the last visit. Preoperative a lateral radiograph and b sagittal magnetic resonance image (MRI), and c postoperative lateral and d 12-month follow up lateral radiographs