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Wound appearance in the lumbar region on the right side. Liquorrhea, skin maceration
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F1
There was a wound after surgery which was about 6 cm long with skin maceration around it and a transparent discharge between stitches in the lumbar region [Figure 1].
Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging of the 2-year-old patient with a penetrating vertebral and spinal trauma at L5 level (pneumocephalus at D4 and D7 level)
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F2
During admission to the Neurosurgical Department, magnetic resonance imaging had been performed, and signs of penetrating injury of the spinal cord were found [Figure 2].
Magnetic resonance imaging of the patient after the surgical treatment (supervision)
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F3
On the 22nd day, magnetic resonance imaging was performed, which detected cicatricial adhesion changes in soft tissues of the lumbar region at L5 level [Figure 3].