1.   Dooley suffered severe fractures to her right wrist and fears the bones will have to be fused, limiting her ability to play sports.

2.   Lazier felt excruciating pain, symptomatic of the severe lumbar fractures he suffered.

3.   Police said one of them was hospitalized with a severe fracture of his lumbar vertebrae, the other suffered a fractured breastbone and thigh.

4.   Eduardo Amy, the event doctor, said Pioch may have a severe fracture with ligament damage.

5.   Her right foot was cut off and she suffered severe pelvic fractures, hospital spokeswoman Lisa Lagger said.

6.   His right leg had a severe fracture in which the bone was displaced but it was a clean break.

7.   Surgery to insert a screw in the bone is also sometimes used on less severe fractures to speed healing and reduce the length of time spent in a cast.