Spinal fusion. Also the skull is connected. Those kind of surgeries are made to prevent dislocation of vertebrae or skull on Atlas (it could happen when patient have rheumatoid arthritis). 

Pieter - could be. Usually in this rare cases fusion is shorter. 

Wojciech Halecki

Could this also be a treatment for someone with severe internal decapitation?

Pieter

Correct, patient was fused from C0 to T1. Two ribs were grafted. Treated for chiari malformation and AAI related to a hypermobile Ehlors danlos diagnosis

EDSZEBRA

What surgeries could this patient have had and what conditions warrant them?

Thought?

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