Thirty-three years ago today, I was hit by a car, and had a very severe crush injury to my left leg. Still to this day I remember that day when my life was turned completely upside down, then spent 3.5 months in hospital, 11 surgeries, 2 bouts of sepsis, and the constant threat of amputation. […]

I received this comment from the blog about the woman 29 years after Harrington rod fusion by Dr. Ralph Coonrad: “I am 58 years old and I had my Harrington rod put in when I was 15 which was 43 years ago (where has the time gone) at the Royal Southern Hospital in Liverpool.  I […]

About a year ago, we straightened up Kate, who came down from Connecticut for her severe kyphoscoliosis reconstruction. She had adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) that was never treated, and her deformity got worse and painful during adulthood, with an adult degenerative scoliosis on top of her severe adolescent idiopathic curve. By her early 40’s, it […]

Surgical time: 2 hr 45 min. T6-L3 instrumentation and fusion. Ebl: 600 cc. Blood transfused: none. Complications: none. Correction: quite good!

Severe back and leg pain and trouble walking. T2-iliac wing instrumentation and fusion w TLIF an osteotomies and laminectomies. Surgical time: 4.5 hrs. Ebl: 1500 ccBlood transfused none. Complications: none. Correction: quite good!