All posts by Dr. Lloyd Hey

Are You Taller After Scoliosis Surgery? Duke Raleigh Hospital Blog Article —- Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Surgery Satisfaction — Destination Medicine

Yesterday, this posting went up on the Duke Raleigh Hospital Blog, regarding one of our recent adolescent idiopathic scoliosis families.  I’ve copied the text below, or you can go to the link above.The picture at the top of their blog is from the beautiful gardens and gazebo right next to Hey Clinic, which sits right […]

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Revision Kyphoscoliosis Surgery for Proximal Junctional Kyphosis and Residual Deformity in 19 yo young lady

This week we helped Amy, a 19 yo who had kyphoscoliosis surgery done elsewhere complicated by proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK), and residual scoliosis and kyphosis deformity.  This week we revised her previous surgery, removing the old hardware including the sublaminar hooks, doing multiple osteotomies, and a special proximal fixation technique using innovative sublaminar fixation.   […]

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