Molly got her shower today, and was discharged from the hospital and just stopped by Hey Clinic next door so I could check her X-Ray, and see her new posture.She walked in on her own, standing up straight and tall.Our height check here showed she was 5 ft 4.5” — an inch and a half […]
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“The Miracle Lady” One Year Out from Kyphoscoliosis Surgery with Dr. Hey
Yesterday, I saw Iona and her husband back for follow-up. A year ago, Iona was a very, very crooked, suffering woman. Her preop photographs shows her shifted way over to the side, and humped over. I performed a T3-Iliac wing reconstruction, with multi-level laminectomies, and L5S1 TLIF all through a posterior approach. She left the […]
15 yo Taylor from Kodak, TN: Can scoliosis and kyphosis be fixed with an incision an inch long?
Here is a "Hey Clinic Puzzler" for you. Is it possible to fix a scoliosis and/or kyphosis with only a 1 inch minimally invasive incision? Your answer is tucked into the story below. I just got a nice follow-up note from the mom of one of my recent surgery patients, named Taylor, who is from […]
Our visiting medical student Evangeline, from Singapore and Dublin Ireland.
We have been blessed to have Evangeline Ng with us at Hey Clinic for the past 2 weeks.Evangeline is from Singapore, but did her undergraduate premedical training at Johns Hopkins.She now goes to medical school in Dublin Ireland.She has done a rotation with us for 2 weeks, and has done a great job, rounding at […]
13 yo Molly from Kalamazoo, Michigan gets 88 degree Scheuermann’s Kyphosis straight today
A few months I got a very nice email from Molly’s mom in Kalamazoo, Michigan very concerned about Molly’s severe Scheuermann’s Kyphosis, which had progressed into the low 80 degree range. We exchanged X-Rays and clinical photos and clinical history via web, and talked on phone. Molly and her mom and dad then decided to […]