The 33-year-old Rigby woman is recovering from a skull-spinal surgery that fused her partially severed skull, C1 and C2 vertebrae to the ... torn ligaments in her spine. They took a bone graft ...

Surgeons fused Jerry Robin's T3 through T9 vertebrae. "I'm hopeful I can walk again; going to be a hell of a tough road..." ...

This fusion encases the shock-absorbing spinal discs and severely limits the flexibility of the spine. When the vertebrae become fused, it’s sometimes called “bamboo spine.” In this ...

The spine (aka backbone) is a linked column of bones running ... There are 5 lumbar vertebrae in the lumbar region. There are 5 sacral vertebrae, which are fused as one bone and known as the sacrum, ...

Meet Cooper: the two-year-old American foxhound who lives with a rare condition called short spine syndrome. Caused by inbreeding, Cooper’s vertebrae are fused together and compressed ...

Postoperative ileus is a common complication, a generalized impairment of gastrointestinal motility found after spine surgery. This specific complication ... type of surgery performed, levels fused, ...

The Road2Recovery page describes his injuries as such: "His full list of injuries include fractures to the T5 and T6 vertebrae ... spine and remove pressure. During surgery Jerry had his spine ...