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Fig. 1 | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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From: Measuring the paraspinal muscles as an important tool for predicting the overall survival period after spine surgery in lung cancer patients with spine metastasis

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The region of interest sites of the paraspinal muscles on magnetic resonance imaging. A A patient (≥ 6-month survival period) with relatively normal paraspinal muscles B A patient (< 6-month survival period) with a low quantity of the erector spinae muscle (10.2 cm2/m2) with muscular atrophy and fat infiltration.P, psoas muscle; Q, quadratus lumborum; E, erector spinae; M, multifidus

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