The melodious tones of the guzheng, playing the traditional piece 'High Mountain Flowing Waters,' filled the operating room, uplifting everyone's spirits.
August and Markus sutured the skin with concentration, while the spine's 3D reconstruction remained visible on the navigation screen. The helical spine had been corrected in the opposite anti-helical direction. Articulated joints were securely fixed, with anterior locking plates and posterior pedicle screw systems providing strong stabilization, all in anticipation of future bone fusion.
The skeletal shape formed by the titanium prosthetic ribs was particularly conspicuous. The anterior and posterior of the first to seventh prosthetic ribs connected to the remaining ribs at the sternum and spinal ends. The connecting points had a microporous coating, similar to prosthetic joints, and were expected to form biological fixes with the ribs.
