Spinal fusion: A surgical procedure in which two or more of the vertebrae in the spine are united together so that motion no longer occurs between them. Spinal fusion may be done to treat a number of conditions, including scoliosis, deformity, fracture, and disc disease. Bone grafts are usually placed around the section of the spine to be fused. The body then heals the grafts over several months, which joins the vertebrae together. The bone for the graft may be taken from another bone in the patient (autograft) or from a bone bank (allograft).
Main article: Weather in Madrid in May. The average maximum temperature in Madrid in May is 72Â°F/22Â°C and the average minimum temperature is 48Â°F/9Â°C.
Mostly dry, sometimes very hot in summer, not too cold in winter. Madrid has an altitude of about 650 meters above sea level (higher than Bern, Switzerland), and it's pretty much in the geographical center of the Iberian peninsula. That means that although its climate is essentially Mediterranean it show also many aspects of Continental climate.