Yesterday we helped Bob, who had a degenerative scoliosis, spondylolisthesis and spinal stenosis. He is now doing great, postoperative day 1. His son is out in Seattle, and I wanted to send special greetings to you. This Blog is for you! In the afternoon, we helped Todd, who is a 29 yo gentleman with a […]

The answer: “Not Always”. Yesterday we helped a young lady from western NC who had Harrington Rod fusion done years ago for idiopathic scoliosis. She developed back pain and flat back syndrome, and had a surgeon in Tennessee  try to help her with a Dynesys motion-sparing stabilization posteriorly. She really did not improve after that […]

Yesterday I received a very nice hand-written note from Jane, who I had helped with a complex scoliosis correction surgery a year ago. Her reconstruction went from T3 down to the iliac wing, with a multi-level lumbar laminectomy. I was able to perform her surgery through one skin incision, and she had no significant complications […]

The short answer is “yes.” In some cases, such as the adolescent with R thoracic curve correction with pedicle screw instrumentation, kids and young adults can go back to very active sporting activities very rapidly, often within first 2-4 weeks.  We have had high-performance swimmers back to diving and swimming within 2 weeks of scoliosis […]

Last week we saw Olivia, a delightful 5 yo young girl for follow-up for her scoliosis. She was sent to us 4 months ago with a scoliometer reading of over 7 degrees. Her X-Rays in our office, measured very accurately on our digital scoliosis X-Ray system showed a 28 degree scoliosis 4 months ago. This […]