Items Tagged ‘bone’
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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 -
Baseball Pitcher Kuroda Back in the Game After Neck Injury
The Los Angeles Dodgers reported that their pitcher Hiroki Kuroda is back on the roster after being benched for a neck injury. A couple of months ago he was running in the outfield when he was struck down by what Kuroda called “pain I’ve never felt before.” He was taken out of the game and...
Posted on Dec 3, 2009 by Brigitte Matsuoka In Blog, Spine Center Blog
