'Selling Sunset's Amanza Smith Undergoing Second Surgery to Replace Part of Spine After Blood Infection
etonline.comstar Amanza Smith will undergo a second surgery on Friday as part of her ongoing recovery from a blood infection that severely injured her spine earlier this month. «I'll be going in for my second surgery in the next few hours,» Smith wrote in an Instagram caption on Friday. «Part of my spine has completely deteriorated due to the infection and I'll be getting a new vertebrae and a couple of screws and rods in my spine to replace what has been eaten away from the bacteria.»Smithfirst told fans she'd been undergoing treatment last Sunday, when she revealed doctors had diagnosed her with osteomyelitis, a condition that, per Mayo Clinic, causes swelling within the bones.
The reality star underwent her first surgery on Sunday to remove portions of her spine that were infected. Friday's procedure, she explained this week, was to help reconstruct the now-missing portions of her bones. «I am in good spirits and positive that I will come out.
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