Fig. 2

Case 2: A 7-year-old patient with neurofibromatosis and a 70.0°left Thoracolumbar scoliosis, who received posterior only fusion operation from T9-L3. A.B. Preoperation. C.D. Postoperation. E.F. The patient had severe thoracic-lumbar kyphosis deterioration at the 5-year follow-up, and his rod on the convex side slipped from the distal screw track (arrow). The posterior fusion alone was insufficient to inhibit the growth of the fusion segments even using the pedicle screws