Princess Eugenie's spinal condition - 'surgeons inserted eight-inch rods into my spine'
“I was diagnosed with scoliosis,” the new mum – to baby boy August Philip Hawke Brooksbank – said. Married to long-term lover Jack Brooksbank, Princess Eugenie admitted her spinal surgery prevented her from having a “hunched” back. “I can still vividly remember how nervous I felt in the days and weeks before the operation,” Princess Eugenie recalled. The young princess was 12 years old at the time when she had the procedure at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH), in Stanmore, that would confine her to a wheelchair.
“During my operation, which took eight hours, my surgeons inserted eight-inch titanium rods into each side of my spine,” she told the RNOH charity.
The 31-year-old added that the surgeons inserted “one-and-a-half inch screws at the top of [her] neck”.
“After three days in intensive care, I spent a week on a ward and six days in a wheelchair,” Princess Eugenie explained.
What is scoliosis?
“Scoliosis is where the spine twists and curves to the side,” said the NHS.
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