This past week at Hey Clinic was filled with many wonderful interactions in clinic, and the operating room, and on the hospital floor, and even some travel up to visit Synthes, the instrumentation company that supplies much of our our spine hardware. Last Friday, we saw one of our teen-age patients named Sarah, and her […]
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Dr. Hey Discusses Revision Extension Instrumentation and Fusion with young woman who had motion-sparing Dynesys Instrumentation below Harrington Rod
Motion-sparing spinal surgery, using things like the Dynesys system have become somewhat popular with some patients and physicians.This young woman had a Dynesys system put in her lumbosacral spine done elsewhere, below a previous Harrington Rod instrumentation and fusion. She did not get any relief, and now her pain is much worse.She has failed conservative […]
Peter gets the use of his right hand and arm back after ACDF cervical decompression surgery of his spinal cord with Dr. Lloyd Hey
Peter had a severe pinch on his spinal cord caused by a cervical disc herniation in his neck. He had progressive muscle atrophy and weakness in that hand and arm, and had to stop playing golf, and had increasing trouble with fine motor function, including writing with a pen.He is now a few weeks out […]
Hey Clinic Successful Adult Scoliosis Surgery Interview
We saw this woman back for follow-up on Friday who had a complex kyphoscoliosis reconstruction that we performed several months ago.Her posture now is excellent, and quality of life restored.She tells her story briefly via video. Lloyd A. Hey, MD MSHey Clinic for Scoliosis and Spine Surgery
Hey Clinic Postop Visit for Gentleman sp complex revision lumbosacral surgery
This gentleman had several previous surgeries elsewhere, including a pain pump, and still was in severe pain with very poor quality of life.He came back for his follow-up visit at Hey Clinic after his revision lumbo-sacral iliac wing reconstruction instrumentation and fusion with multilevel complex decompression. He is doing so much better, and has tapered […]