Chapters Transcript Video Back to Friday Night Lights for High School Football Player | Cedars-Sinai Keith cassettes is a high school senior from Burbank with two passions, football and fixing classic cars but both passions were put on hold when he injured his back last year we were going against the team that was a lot bigger than us. And something happened when my backup bent backwards and my legs didn't move and that's just something broke at that point and then I kept playing because I didn't want to stop, realized four weeks later that I should not be playing anymore and went to the doctor and then that started this whole process. The technical term is called Spagnolo license. We see that often in gymnasts and football players. What happened to keith is he was playing football and a larger player pushed him backwards and his back went into hyperextension and literally fractured his spine. So keith is a tough kid, he's a good athlete, he was trying to play through pain but by the fourth game of the last season he could no longer play and he quit keith's spine was fractured in several places and dr Scaggs recommended surgery, keith had two fractures of L. Five right in there and right in There and he even had a fracture of the joint of L. four right there. While it sounds complicated, the team at Cedar Sinai was able to simplify the procedure using the latest robotic technology with the robotic surgery. Were able to perform this procedure minimally invasive which allows him to get back on his feet in the course of weeks as opposed to months typically. And traditional spinal fusion procedure like this takes most individuals six months to heal from and by allowing ourselves to use minimally invasive techniques with robotics, we were able to get him so that he was getting back to his normal daily activities within weeks soon, keith was back doing what he loves, working on his eight classic cars and gearing up for football, coaching from the sidelines right now. But planning to get into the game, it's very important, I spent three years now, almost four years playing football to eventually be able to play my senior year and then I got hurt and so it's very important to me to be able to at least play a couple games in my heart. I believe we're not only going to take him out of pain now, but I think we're going to keep him paying free for probably at least the next decade of life and allow him to participate in normal activities that young people should be able to participate in. Created by
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