From: <@aol.com> Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:27:20 EDT To: Lloyd Hey <> Subject: Personal thank you to Dr. Hey Dear Dr. Hey. Thank you for your incredible surgery on my back. I can already tell what a success it will be. The pressure on my nerves is gone and I think I am right […]
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Is it possible to care for children after scoliosis / kyphosis surgery?
I got a chance to see Nancy with her son yesterday in clinic, now 3 months from her T5-L4 instrumentation and fusion I performed for her scoliosis. Her posture now looks great, with elimination of the 2 “humps” she had preop, and her asymmetric “hour glass”, which is now much more symmetric. Her X-Rays show […]
Friday Clinic with Dr. Hey today. 3 month postop visit for Rena, looking great!
We just saw Rena back for follow-up. I fixed her scoliosis back in July this year with a T5-Iliac wing instrumentation and fusion. She really looks great. Her posture is excellent. Her incision is well healed, and she is very pleased with the result. Rena is a good example how we can often get a […]
Beautiful photograph from fall foliage in New Hampshire from one of our adolescent guests!
A couple days ago, I got to meet Katie and her dad from New Hampshire, who flew down to Hey Clinic for a quick second opinion on Katie’s scoliosis. They flew into RDU airport Tuesday morning, saw me around lunchtime, and then made the 15-20 minute ride back to RDU to fly back to New […]
Pat and family from Miami FL comes back to see us 3 months after scoliosis surgery
What a pleasure it was to see Pat and her family back for follow-up yesterday morning.Pat had adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, with progression of her curves during her adult years, with increasing pain and deformity.Her posture looks great, incision looked great, and she is doing extremely well. There were lots of smiles — a great way […]