Ashley has been suffering with back pain for several years with her progressive Scheuermann’s Kyphosis, which progressed to 78 degrees recently.  It also was having a huge effect on her posture.  After being followed at Hey Clinic for a while for this deformity, she opted to get it fixed. I saw her and her large […]

T4-L1 instrumentation and fusion w posterior apical osteotomies. Surgical time: approx 3 hrs. Complications : none. Ebl: 250 cc Cell saver 120 cc Correction: nice. Hump is gone! Little Quinna recovering well over WakeMed postop day 2. Dr. Lloyd Hey — http://www.heyclinic.com

We’ve been following this wonderful young lady and her family for past couple years with rapidly progressive early onset scoliosis. This morning, we got her straightened up.  Treatment options considered included growing rod, Shilla Technique vs. definitive instrumentation and fusion.  After considering this patient’s specific clinical presentation, biological age, and other factors with the mom […]

Well I’m back to work after being off for a week for a little break, and also to attend and present at the annual Piedmont Orthopedic Society Meeting held down in Florida this past week.  It is good to be back to North Carolina!  Will share more about my talk in future blogs.  It was […]

It is always awesome when former Hey Clinic guests take the time to share their story of getting "back to life."  Some share of getting back on golf course, others share about getting back on lacrosse field or softball field… and then there are others who go SCUBA diving in Micronesia, "heli-hike" in the Canadian […]