A 16-Year-Old Male with Thoracic Compression following Posterior Spinal Instrumentation and Fusion for Marfan-Associated Syndromic Scoliosis

<div>Comparison of preoperative and postoperative CT chest. Preoperative CT chest had a Haller index of 8.7. The anterior-posterior diameter minimum preoperatively was 3 cm (a). Postoperative CT chest had a Haller index of 11.3 (b). The anterior-posterior diameter minimum postoperatively was 2.3 cm. Example of a normal chest CT Haller index (c), with lines demonstrating measurements of the Haller index (ratio of A/B) [<a href="/journals/crior/2020/6617028/#B6">6</a>].</div>

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Figure 1: A 16-Year-Old Male with Thoracic Compression following Posterior Spinal Instrumentation and Fusion for Marfan-Associated Syndromic Scoliosis 

Figure 1 | A 16-Year-Old Male with Thoracic Compression following Posterior Spinal Instrumentation and Fusion for Marfan-Associated Syndromic Scoliosis 