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Brakhispondiliya

Brakhispondiliya (brachyspondylia; Greek brachys – short + Greek spondylos – a vertebra; synonym: vertebra brevis) – the reduction of height of a body of a vertebra which is anomaly of development of a backbone.

 
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In the aspiration to pull out the patient, doctors often go too far. So, for example, a certain Charles Janszen during the period from 1954 to 1994 endured more than 900 operations on removal of new growths.