Items Tagged ‘bone graft’
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The Hip Bone's Connected to the...Neck Bone(?) and Spine Surgeons Don't Take it Lightly
Amazingly, surgeons can take bone from one part of the body and place it in another and it will grow there. Bone is one of the only tissues in our body that can regenerate in this way. Spine surgeons often make use of this natural phenomenon to perform a spinal fusion. That is, they use the natural growing powers of bone to stabilize a segment of the spine...
Posted on Dec 28, 2010 by Department Author In Blog, Spine, Spine Center Blog