Lumbar Spine Injuries with Surgical Discectomy and Later Anterior Fusion - Medical Illustration, Human Anatomy Drawing
This stock medical exhibit begins with a sagittal cross-section of the lumbar spine showing the pre-operative condition, with multiple lumbar disc injuries. The next images show multiple steps of the posterior partial discectomy at L4-5. The remaining images show multiple steps of the anterior surgical repair, including the anterior abdominal incision, the removal of the L4-L5 and L5-S1 discs, and the insertion of cages into the disc space.