Figure 3: 41-year-old driver who is suffering from severe back pain and inability to work for 1 year. This patient returned to his previous work 9 months postoperatively. (a) Preoperation lateral Xray shows post-traumatic kyphosis of T12 of 50°. (b) Lateral X-ray after modified transpedicular decancellation closing wedge vertebral osteotomy shows excellent correction of the deformity to 3°.