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Originally Posted by Mattyk

Inside Peyton Manning's surgery – - CNN.com Blogs

Manning had a procedure called a single level anterior fusion. That involves making an incision at the front of the neck, without cutting any muscles. The disc is removed from the nerve and spinal cord. The surgeon then fills the open disc space with a bone graft. The graft acts as a bridge between the two vertebrae, creating a spinal fusion. Metal plates and screws are often used to hold the bone graft and vertebrae together.

You read the above and youre like damn the dudes f'd forever, he cant come back from that. Then you read the rest of the article and they act like its no big deal......