Fig. 1.

Spine lateral standing radiographs for a 68-year-old woman with kyphotic deformity at the thoracolumbar junction and severe back pain (scored 8 on a Visual Analog Scale) associated with an osteoporotic compression fracture at L1. Anterior interbody fusion using an expandable cage after corpectomy of the L1 vertebra and posterior instrumentation with fusion using an autologous bone graft were performed. (A) Preoperative radiograph. (B) A postoperative radiograph obtained at 3 months after surgery.