All posts by Dr. Lloyd Hey

27 yo woman from Philadelphia with 80 degree preop Scheuermann’s Kyphosis now straight

Just finished Amanda’s surgery, and she did great.  She’s a 27 yo woman from Philadelphia, PA with painful kyphosis greatly affecting her quality of life for many years. Her surgery today went great.  T3-L3 instrumentation and fusion.Estimated Blood Loss:  400 cc.  Cell saver 110 cc.  Blood Transfused: None.Complications: None.Correction: really nice.Surgical time: 3 hrs 20 […]

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Like Son Like Mother!

This young lady in her 40's has had back pain related to her scoliosis and curve progression as an adult. I did scoliosis for her teenager a few years ago. Now it's mom's turn to get straight! Surgery very well. Family wanted me to post this right away for friends and family near and far. […]

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Tim’s Friday the 13th: Random Acts of Kindness

Got this email and photo today from Tim’s mom, which she said I could share with all of you.  Tim you may remember had a “U-Rod” reconstruction to correct his severe cervico-thoracic kyphosis, and is now doing extremely well, able to look the whole world directly in the eye!  He came back to see me […]

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