Dear Dr. Hey     Just wanted to say thank you once again for all your hard work and touch base on Alex’s progress. Alex just “drove” home from a “full” day of school. It is exactly 2 weeks post-op today (Tuesday April 8th) and our entire family continues to be amazed at his rapid recovery. Alex experiences […]

I received an email from Alex today, who came up from Florida 2 weeks ago to have his scoliosis fixed. He is back home in Florida, getting back into golf, and working hard with a trainer. His email is below, along with some pictures from his time with us at Hey Clinic, and Duke Raleigh […]

Yesterday I received this note from a patient today, who had a failed microsurgery laminectomy performed elsewhere several months ago, and had severe postoperative pain and leg weakness. A week ago yesterday, I performed a 2 level revision decompression and fusion, here at Duke Raleigh Hospital. Intra-operatively, it was interesting to see that the amount […]

We moved up Rick’s microdiscectomy surgery to yesterday, since he just could not take the pain any longer. He tried an epidural injection, but it did not give him any relief. He works as an attorney, and the pain is making work and family life very unbearable. As shown in attached photographs, he had a […]