Screws and rods don’t really seem to belong inside the human body. Shiny titanium, dripping blood, protruding from ivory bone like an alien’s appendage: weird, right? The internal fixation of vertebrae certainly has its proper place in the surgeon’s armamentarium, though. Especially in the never-ending battle against tumor, trauma or spinal degeneration.
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