Malignant melanoma resection and reconstruction with the first manifestation of lumbar metastasis: A case report

Figure 3 Patient intraoperative and postoperative follow-up results. A and B: During the operation, the lumbar vertebra 2 was completely removed; C and D: The anteroposterior X-ray film of the lumbar spine 2 wk after surgery revealed that the 3D-printed prosthesis was well attached to the upper and lower vertebral plates; E and F: Six months after surgery, a lumbar computed tomography revealed that the boundary between the three-dimensional (3D)-printed prosthesis and the adjacent vertebral body had disappeared and bone trabeculae had grown in.