Figure 1.
In osteolytic tumoral involvement, the spine is assumed to be unstable if three or more segments are destroyed (AL = Anterior left; AR = Anterior right; ML = Middle left; MR = Middle right; PL = Posterior left; PR = Posterior right)
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