2 days ago, I helped the wife of a former NC plastic surgeon who suffered with severe back and leg pain.  She had a previous laminectomy at L45 that gave her only limited and temporary relief, but now her pain and trouble walking and standing grew consistently worse. Her X-Rays showed a Grade 1 anterolisthesis […]

Yesterday we helped a 16 yo young lady named Sammantha who had a painful idiopathic scoliosis. Her lumbar had a large compensatory curve, that was fortunately not rotated and was very flexible. I was able to get an excellent correction, nearly 100%, and her rib hump is gone. Her estimated blood loss was 500 cc […]

This past week I saw 2 of my severe kyphosis repair patients back for follow-up. The younger one is 9, named Zachary, who had a 90+ degree kyphosis secondary to multiple thoracic fractures, and severe cerebral palsy secondary to shaken baby syndrome.  He now is able to sit upright in his wheelchair, and actually function […]

Thursday this week, I took a “field trip” to West Chester, PA to visit Synthes Spine along with Craig Browning, my local spine instrumentation support person. I had a series of wonderful meetings with their design engineers, metallurgists, and mechanical testing experts. What a wonderful experience to be able to get the surgeon who uses […]

It was great to see Ashlyn and her mom and dad back for follow-up at Hey Clinic. Ashlyn had a severe scoliosis, and a severe seizure disorder which she has had since birth. I performed her surgery at WakeMed, here in Raleigh, given her severe seizure disorder and size to use their Pediatric Intensive Care […]