Just finished anterior. Both discs were completely gone, bone on bone. Had to take a lot of time to gradually jack up and clean out each space. Got 16 mm cage in at both L45 and L5S1. Her disc spaces are back to close to their original height. Dr. WATTERS, general surgery now closing, then […]

This 47 up woman from Ohio had Harrington rod fusion done for scoliosis as teenager. She did well until a few years ago where she had increasing back and leg pain and trouble w walking and standing. Her L45 and L5S1 discs have collapsed below her long fusion which actually put her lumbar spine in […]

—— Forwarded Message From: OLIVIA Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:58:43 -0700 (PDT) To: Lloyd Hey Subject: Re: Halloween Picture at Hey Clinic Dr. Hey   Thanks for the picture. You may put it on your blog and the TV in the office. Thanks for much for taking time with Olivia. She thinks so much […]

After four great days of scoliosis surgery this week, the Hey Clinic team rolled into clinic yesterday ready to go.  There were some signs of Halloween among the Hey Clinic staff, with PA Brittany spurting her purple horns, and Tracy wearing her Halloween Fall Scrub top. To help us get in the Halloween mood, our […]

I saw Franklin today who popped in to drop off some MRI's for us.Franklin had severe lumbar stenosis, which is common in people withachondroplasia. I did a multi-level laminectomy for him a couple years ago,since he was having severe problems standing and walking. Now he walksgreat and is working full-time. Franklin is active in the […]