Bridget is a wonderful young lady that I helped straighten out her scoliosis last year.During the past few months, she has moved over from being a pharmaceutical rep, to being my instrumentation rep for the spinal hardware I use routinely in the operating room from Pioneer.She surprised me this week in the operating room this […]

When I came in for rounds early in the morning at WakeMed, Caitlyn caught me off guard when she asked if she could her picture taken with me.Her mom didn't want to join us in the picture since she was still in her pajamas, but she was nice enough to take the picture!Caitlyn had her […]

Got this nice letter mailed to us today from one of our recent adult scoliosis patients. "My scoliosis was discovered at age 20 during a physical for employment. My problems began in 1956 and in 1963 a slipped disc required hospitalization with traction to correct. My problems increased and between 1998 and 2008 I began […]

This is big news! Thanks to Shelbi in our office, Hey Clinic is now on Facebook!Check it out!Thanks Shelbi for your creative help. ——————————Lloyd A. Hey, MD MSHey Clinic for Scoliosis and Spine SurgeryRaleigh, NC USAhttp://www.heyclinic.comMember, Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) http://www.srs.org

Yesterday we helped Caitlyn, who has spastic quadriplegia with severe progressive scoliosis.We did a T5-Iliac wing instrumentation and fusion over at WakeMed in Raleigh.She did well during surgery, and we obtained an excellent correction.Her surgery took about 4 and a half hours, and she was transfused 1 unit of blood, and cell saver.She spent the […]