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My sister had one of her vertebrae (her sixth) replaced with with a piece of tibia from the bone bank after a car accident. I was not aware this was even possible. My question is, why would they not replace it with another vertebrae from the bone bank?

By Anonymous
Created 12/14/2010 - 18:17
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