Often at this stage, a surgeon will operate on the patient to help support the bone with a metal rod. In this patient, however, she did not have surgery. Continue on to see what happened...
By Jonathan Cluett, M.D., About.com
Updated: October 13, 2005
About.com Health's Disease and Condition content is reviewed by Kate Grossman, MD
Often at this stage, a surgeon will operate on the patient to help support the bone with a metal rod. In this patient, however, she did not have surgery. Continue on to see what happened...
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