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After a freak accident that left David with a fractured C2, he was taken by helicopter to ´óÏó´«Ã½ Health for spine surgery.  In November 2024, David left his house to go collect political signs that he had set out around town for a friend. At one of the stops, five...

In 2022, Eron began experiencing severe neck pain and difficulty holding her head in an upright position. She had developed a severe chronic spinal infection from leakage of her oral bacteria into the space around the spinal column in her neck, causing erosion and collapse of four vertebrae in her...

“Every patient deserves a treatment plan tailored to their unique needs,” said Dr. Cheerag Upadhyaya. “Given Chrissie’s circumstances, we wanted to preserve her mobility and independence while relieving the pressure on her spinal cord. Laminoplasty offered the motion-sparing approach she needed to regain her quality of life.” When Chrissie was...

On October 9, 2024 Deborah marked the one-year anniversary of the near fatal car accident that could have left her paralyzed. Because her injuries were so severe, including a brain bleed and damage to her neck, Deborah had to be airlifted to ´óÏó´«Ã½ Hospital in Chapel Hill where she woke...

I thought this would be a new normal, and my family depends on me. I thought ‘this is it.’ Stanley works as a construction worker in North Carolina, and as one would expect in this field, his job is physically demanding. When Stanley started to struggle with debilitating neck pain...