Did ACDF late yesterday in woman who had severe left arm pain. Woke up from surgery and pain is gone! Pedicle subtraction Osteotomy yesterday morning, getting 40 degrees more lordosis to fi a flat back syndrome. Heard back from Art from Michigan. He is doing just awesome after his kyphosis surgery a few weeks ago, […]
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7 yo Maggie’s White Board Drawing of Her Wish to Get Straight from Very Crooked!
We’ve been following Maggie, a 7 yo girl with severe Early Onset Scoliosis (EOS), similar to Janelle’s scoliosis which many of you have heard about. Maggie was so excited to hear that her scoliosis could be straightened out like Janelle’s. Maggie has had to wear casts and restrictive molded spine braces since she was very […]
14 Yo young lady w adolescent idiopathic scoliosis fixed this afternoon
T4-L1 instrumentation and fusion. Ebl: 250 cc. Complications: none. Very pleased w correction. Rib hump gone.
15 Yo adolescent scoliosis straightened up this morning.
She did great! Another adolescent idiopathic scoliosis to straighten up this afternoon.
“THIS IS MY BACK!!!” : Jillian, 5 years after getting her 60+ degree scoliosis fixed as young adult takes her new posture to a new level!
One of the benefits people often comment on after kyphosis and scoliosis surgery is the big improvement to their posture, which helps improve self-image. This past week, I received this nice note from one of my postop scoliosis young ladies, who is doctor of physical therapy, who is now five years out from her scoliosis […]