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Fixing scoliosis w microsurgery this afternoon!
This afternoon we helped relieve severe R leg pain for this 50 yo woman who had laminectomy done elsewhere w persistent leg pain. MRI shows severe R L5S1 stenosis. Her X-rays show lumbar scoliosis, which is actually due to her sciatica, as she tries to lean away from pain, opening up neural foramen. Remove he […]
48 yo w lumbar spondylolisthesis and stenosis fixed today
This morning we helped a gentleman w severe back and leg pain w diagnoses above. I did a L4 and L5 laminectomy and L4-Iliac wing instrumentation and fusion. He did well, and no transfusion was needed. We’ll start to get him up this afternoon. Our postop women who had scoliosis surgery on Monday and yesterday […]
33 yo realtor w very painful 48 degree scoliosis now very, very straight after surgery just now w Dr. Hey
We just finished helping this young woman w severe collapsing kyphoscoliosis.She has had to take major league pain medications past few months due to progressive pain.Her surgery today went great. I used a new simultaneous rod insertion technique that I developed, that gives a segmental correction helpful for getting a better correction. It worked like […]
61 yo with severe 3 level lumbar spinal stenosis w back and leg pain fixed today
… W 3 level spinal microsurgery laminectomy. The laminectomy is sorta like a "Roto-Rooter" to clean out the three tight spits that I am pointing out on his MRI. Surgical time 1 h 49 minutes. Should be able to stand and walk much better and will go home tomorrow. A good day. Dr. Lloyd Hey […]