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Biomechanical testing sequence with an untreated lumbar spine (left), a lumbar spine after laminectomy (middle), and a lumbar spine after laminectomy and posterior instrumentation (right). Note that laminectomy was performed on L4 (as shown in this figure) in six segments, and in the other six segments (instrumented), laminectomy was performed on level L2.
