Preop kyphosis was 79 degrees. T2-Iliac wing instrumentation and fusion. L5 Gill procedure. Did well. Surg time 5 hrs. Excellent correction. No more "hump"! Dr. Lloyd Hey Heyclinic for scoliosis and Spine Surgery http://www.heyclinic.com
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Today’s afternoon surgery: L3-5 decompression and fusion for lumbar spondylolisthesis and severe stenosis
EBL: 200 cc Surgical Time: 1 hour 45 minutes Segments: 3. Complications: none. Blood transfused: none. Postop location regular ortho floor, private room. Est Length of stay: 2 nights. Dr. Lloyd Hey http://www.heyclinic.com
13 yo 56 degree scoliosis fixed this morning w near 100 per cent correction
EBL 725 cc Cell saver 235 cc Surgical time: 3 hour 10 minutes Blood transfused: none. Complications: none. Dr. Lloyd Hey Hey Clinic for Scoliosis and Spine Surgery http://www.heyclinic.com
Today’s surgery
This morning we did an anterior posterior lumbosacra ALIF instrumentation w exploration of fusion mass and posterior reinstrumentation. She did well. Surgical time 4.5 hrs. EBL 500 cc. No blood transfused. This afternoon I saw one of my former Duke scoliosis surgical patients who drove all the way down from Potsdam NY (789 miles, 13.5 […]
Yesterday’s Scoliosis Surgery
Yesterday we helped a gentleman from New Bern, NC who had severe collapsing lumbar scoliosis with flat back syndrome and severe multilevel stenosis. I performed an L1-Iliac wing reconstruction with multilevel laminectomy. Surgery time was approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes. He is doing well postoperatively! He has a daughter in California who wanted to […]