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Clinical photos of the patient showing the fixed chin-on-chest deformity with the head rotated to the right, before surgery.
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The clinical aspect of the patient is shown in Figure 1.
Surgical procedure.
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Patient was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) (Figure 2).
Radiographic images after surgery.
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After one week, anterior corpectomy of C5 and C6 with autogenous iliac crest bone graft with anterior plating from C4 to C7, with placement of mesh cage, was performed (Figure 3).
Clinical photos showing the patient after surgery.
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Nowadays she walks independently without any support (Figure 4).