Table 5.
Technical key points permitting to restore lordosis
| Operative positioning | Avoid knee-chest position |
| Release | Allow for mobilization of the spinal segments |
| Instrumentation | Contouring of the rod |
| Screw-rod connection | |
| Interbody implants | |
| Spinal osteotomies | Indicated only when the spine is fixed in kyphotic position |
| Surgical sequence | AP sequence should be promoted |