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Initial iliac crest bone harvest procedure postoperative radiograph demonstrating relative position of incision with closure staples.
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A 63-year-old Caucasian woman with a medical history significant for hypertension and no prior history of abdominal surgery received treatment for a thoracolumbar epidural abscess including a partial corpectomy and reconstruction with titanium cage with autografting that involved harvesting a 5 cm long piece of bone from her right iliac crest through a posterior vertical incision (Figure 1).
Coronal CT shows herniation of the right kidney immediately superior to the site of iliac crest bone harvest.
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Computed tomography revealed an incisional herniation of the right kidney immediately superior to the iliac crest at the location of bone harvest (Figures 2 and 3).
Axial CT demonstrates the extent of kidney herniation.
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Computed tomography revealed an incisional herniation of the right kidney immediately superior to the iliac crest at the location of bone harvest (Figures 2 and 3).