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Commonly encountered postoperative issues include differentiating (1) normal immediate post-diskectomy changes from residual disk herniation, (2) normal postsurgical changes from infection in the early postoperative period, (3) epidural scar from recurrent disk herniation at any period, and (4) determining fusion or pseudoarthrosis in the late postoperative period. In this chapter, we will describe imaging findings useful in the evaluation of the postoperative spine, focusing on the abovementioned issues.
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Kang, H.S., Lee, J.W., Kwon, J.W. (2014). Postoperative Imaging. In: Radiology Illustrated: Spine. Radiology Illustrated. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35629-2_7
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