All posts by Dr. Lloyd Hey

Hey Clinic Surgery Today: 13 yo boy with severe Sheuermann’s Kyphosis Now Straight

This morning we helped Hunter and his family. Hunter just recently turned 13, and has had increasing severe kyphosis. His X-Rays showed significant wedging of several thoracic vertebra, suggesting Scheuermann’s Kyphosis. This morning I restored Hunter’s original normal shape through a posterior instrumentation and fusion using cobalt chrome rods and thoracic pedicle screw instrumentation. His […]

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Preoperative questions about possible lost flexibility (stiffness) after scoliosis spinal fusion.

I received this email earlier this afternoon from an approximately woman with a collapsing thoracolumbar scoliosis with increasing back and hip pain who has tried all conservative therapies, and is not considering spinal instrumentation and fusion, with lumbar laminectomies and osteotomies. She had a few more questions, and had been in touch with some of […]

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Dr. John Hall awarded Lifetime Achievement Award, Scoliosis Research Society 2008. Many thanks Dr. Hall for your inspiration and training and example.

I have spent the past several days here in Salt Lake City, attending the annual Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) Meeting. As always, the papers and posters were excellent, and the ability to interact with scoliosis surgeons from all over the world has been wonderful. While the conference and interactions have been great, the best part […]

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