Also known as: Broken spine
Elderly patient who fell down stairs and sustained a T-10 spinal fracture requiring spinal fusion with bone graft. The case is complicated by the revelation that he has metastatic cancer.
Also known as: Terminal cancer
During surgery for spinal fracture, inoperable cancer is discovered that has metastasized to bones and liver, with prognosis of 6 months to a year. This drives the emotional storyline about his hidden love for his doorman Vincent.
Also known as: Stabbing
Trauma patient with multiple stab wounds to chest and abdomen who develops air embolus during surgery, requiring emergency needle aspiration through the ventricle. Used as backdrop for Bailey-Warren conflict.
Also known as: MS
Young man with MS who previously had deep brain stimulation (DBS) for right-hand tremor now develops new tremor in left hand requiring repeat DBS implantation on the other side of the brain. Central to Edwards' storyline about dating a patient.
Also known as: Enlarged brain ventricles
Fetal ultrasound reveals slightly dilated ventricles in April and Jackson's unborn baby, causing major concern given their history of losing a child to osteogenesis imperfecta. Ultimately determined to be a false positive on ultrasound after fetal MRI confirms normal brain anatomy.