Fig. 1From: Surgical treatment for lumbar tuberculosis by posterior transforaminal lumbar debridement, interbody fusion, and instrumentation in the agedImages in a 64-year-old woman with L4 and L5 tuberculous spondylitis. a, b Preoperative X-ray films demonstrate collapse of the L4 and L5 vertebras with narrow intervertebral space. c–e Preoperative sagittal CT and T1 and T2 W MRIs demonstrate bone destruction and posterior epidural abscess at L4/5. f Immediate postoperative X-film showed that the patient received posterior transforaminal lumbar debridement, interbody fusion and instrumentation at the lesion. g, h X-ray films reveal bone fusion and internal fixation in good position at 2-year follow-upBack to article page