T-12 to Iliac Wing 5 level lumbar laminectomy for stenosis. One osteotomy. Surgical time: 3 hrs 5 minutes. Correction: excellent. EBL 875 cc. Blood given: none. Dr. Lloyd Hey Hey Clinic for Scoliosis and Spine Surgery http://www.heyclinic.com
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Amazing Disappearing Juvenile Scoliosis!
Abigail is a young lady who was placed in a brace 3 years ago at age 7 and has decreased her curve from 40 degrees to 4! This is an interesting example of a juvenile scoliosis case, which you typically see in children between 5 and 7 years old. Unlike congenital, adolescent scoliosis and adult […]
South carolina gentleman w failed unilateral instrumentation and fusion done elsewhere fixed today
Xrays show halo effect around screws. Pain was severe. Surgery this afternoon went well. Screws grossly loose and replaced. L4-iliac wing revision decompression and fusion w bmp. Surgical time: 2.25 hrs. Blood transfused: none. Room aura:excellent. Estimated hospital stay: 2 nights Dr. Lloyd Hey Hey Clinic for Scoliosis and Spine Surgery http://www.heyclinic.com
Anterior-posterior ALIF spinal reconstructive surgery for flat back sydrome fixed today for woman years sp L2-5 fusion done elsewhere
Surgical time 5.5 hrs. Anterior L5 S1 ALIF, posterior osteotomy and decompression and L2 to iliac wing instrumentation w bmp. EBL 1200 cc Complic: none. Correction of Lordosis: excellent. Dr. Lloyd Hey Hey Clinic for Scoliosis and Spine Surgery http://www.heyclinic.com
L1 laminectomy this afternoon for gentleman w clumsy legs
After finishing our big kyphoscoliosis reconstruction around 1:30, I talked to very thankful husband, grabbed quick lunch, then saw 12 yo girl in clinic w scoliosis which has progressed frome 26 to 44 degrees in 6 months. Nice family from Wilmington NC. After that, I went back over to OR, where we just helped this […]