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Anteroposterior chest X-ray, performed in the recovery room after spine surgery demonstrating large right pleural effusion with shift of the mediastinum to the left side
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Fig1
A portable chest X-ray confirmed right-sided effusion with leftward mediastinal shift (Fig. 1).
Anteroposterior (a) and lateral (b) lumbar X-rays, performed 1 week after spine surgery illustrating satisfactory hardware positioning of interval interbody at L3-4 and instrumentation at L3-5
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Fig2
The patient was discharged on POD 15 (Fig. 2).