Between earth quakes and major hurricanes, Hey Clinic has remained very busy the past 10 days or so since I’ve had a moment to sit down with my feet up to reflect. Somehow I missed the whole earthquake thing… Although others at Hey Clinic felt it! The hurricane was a much bigger deal, and still […]
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18 Yo young lady w 83 degree painful kyphosis fixed this am
Surgical time: 3 hr 30 minEbl: 400 cc. Cell saver: 115 cc. Blood transfused: noneComplications: none. Fusion levels: T3-L3 instrumentation and fusion with 3 apical Smith Peterson Osteotomies. Correction: looking real good. Hump back gone!
FW: My Two Year Scoliosis Anniversary Today!
“M” had adolescent idiopathic scoliosis that was never treated until she was 47, when I fixed it for her a couple years ago at Duke Raleigh Hospital. It is always great to hear these stories of people getting back to life and enjoying a better posture and a better quality of life. Thanks for […]
Doing well after kyphosis revision extension fusion – video
I got a chance to see Lynn yesterday for her one year follow-up. She is doing just great. She had a multi-level minimally invasive XLIF fusion, complicated by a compression fracture at top of her fusion with a painful progressive kyphosis. I performed a thoracic pedicle subtraction osteotomy with revision extension instrumentation and fusion. In […]
14 young lady with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis straightened up Monday, home today postop day 3. Other updates.
So sorry for delay getting to the Blog. Last week I enjoyed some time off with family and friends, including a family celebration for my in-law’s 50th wedding anniversary. A good time was had by all, and it was great to sit around my folk’s pool up on Long Island and see everyone together. […]