Yesterday we straightened up a 40 yo woman with painful collapsing thoracolumbar scoliosis, just under 40 degrees.  She had been suffering with back pain for quite some time, and it was definitely affecting her posture and appearance.  She developed a lateral spondylolisthesis at L34 as a result of the curve, with the L3 vertebra gradually […]

Got back to Raleigh Saturday afternoon from SRS in Chicago.Had to cancel first scoliosis surgery, so moved up second surgery for our 58 yo woman w very painful collapsing scoliosis.Time to suit up. Good to be back w to clinic and OR Room 12!If you get a chance, sign up for eText at Srs.org. awesome […]

Very cool!

I am riding bus to Art Institute here in Chicago after another action-packed day at SRS international scoliosis meeting. After the meeting, i quickly changed into my running gear and ran down to the Navy Yard. It looked kinda windy out on the water w lots of white caps, but i was running in the […]

My day today at the SRS Meeting here in Chicago started at 6:45 am with breakfast, and looking over many of the poster presentations, and having a wonderful meeting with Steve Schwab from SurgiMap regarding their spinal deformity measurement software.  We are working on ways to integrate tools like SurgiMap into our Hey Clinic comprehensive […]