Osbourne needs steel plate, doctors say
LONDON -- Singer Ozzy Osbourne will require a steel plate attached to his neck
following a near-fatal quad bike accident, according to a London Mirror report.
Doctors said Monday that the 7-inch steel plate will help stabilize the
vertabrae that Osbourne cracked when he wrecked his bike Dec. 8 at his
Buckinghamshire estate. The delicate procedure, according to Alan Gardner,
spinal surgeon at Hartwood Hospital in Essex, will be performed when the former
Black Sabbath lead singer is strong enough. The permanent plate will prevent
further damage if Osbourne falls on his head or neck in the future. Osbourne
also broke eight ribs and his collarbone in the accident. Osbourne's wife,
Sharon, said that her husband's recovery could take "probably about six
months," the London Sun reported Tuesday. He is currently recovering at
Wexham Park Hospital in Slough, where he was taken off the ventilator Sunday
and is joking with the nurses, Sharon Osbourne said. Osbourne celebrates this
week his first No. 1 record during his 33-year career, "Changes," a
duet with his daughter Kelly.
Charles
Mims
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