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From: Profound hypoxemia and hypotension during posterior spinal fusion in a spinal muscular atrophy child with severe scoliosis: a case report

Fig. 2

Preoperative CT and schematic diagram of the intraoperative patient positioning. (A) CT chest imaging showing a rotated and distorted thoracic cavity with much reduced volume of the right side. (B) Patient at the leveled prone position. (C) When the surgical table was tilted to the right for periosteal exposure on the left side of the spine, pressure was directly put on the shortest diameter of the significantly deformed thoracic cavity, causing severe compression of the pulmonary artery. CT, computed tomography; AA, ascending aorta; DA, descending aorta; RPA, right pulmonary artery

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