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case_images: Plain radiograph of thoraco-lumbar kyphosis with visible severe kyphosis (approximately 90 ) with a bamboo spine appearance and gross fusion of all the vertebrae
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case_images: TURP due to benign prostatic hyperplasia accompanying the symptoms of urinary urgency and frequency. The patient reported a long-standing history of uncontrolled ankylosing spondylitis and rheumatoid arthritis (Figure 1) and well-controlled hypertension.
case_images: Position during surgery and anaesthesia. The anaesthesia under spontaneous breathing using esketamine combined with sevoflurane was performed successfully for the patient in the lithotomy position
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case_images: Chest CT and X-ray demonstrated kyphosis accompanied by thoracic deformity, while no abnormalities were found within the major cardiopulmonary structures (Figure 2).