Erin's Surgery
9-21-00
Mercy General Hospital
Sacramento, California

Since I was unable to scan her x-rays clearly (see below), this was the best I could do to show what the "Hardware" looks like. She has 2 screws each in the 3rd and 5th Lumbar vertebrae that are connected by bars. There is a titanium cage between the 4th and 5th vertebrae and a cadaver bone between the 3rd and 4th vertebrae. These are filled with her own bone and will fuse the vertebrae together. The hardware will be removed in about a year.

This is one of the actual x-rays, but as you can see it didn't "scan" very well. That's why I drew the picture above!

This is an x-ray with a view from the front.

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