Three months prior to surgery, I began having spasms that lasted up to 18 hours. During a spasm, the pain was very intense and I could not get into a position of any kind that would relieve the pain. Pain meds also provided no relief. My active lifestyle had come to a halt. Even when […]
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12 YO girl w 51 degree adolescent idiopathic scoliosis fixes today
Amanda has had rapid progression of her curve over past 18 months. She did great with surgery today.T5-L1 instrumentation and fusion.Ebl: 500 cc.Complications: none.Surgical time: 2 hr 58 minutes.Correction: excellent. Very good morning! Dr. Lloyd HeyHey Clinic for Scoliosis and Spine Surgery
18 YO young man w 84 degree Scheuermann’s kyphosis fixed today
Had severe pain and deformity.T3-L3 instrumentation and fusion w 3 thoracic osteotomies.Surgical time: 3 hr 57 minutesComplications: none.Ebl: 1600 cc.Blood transfused: none.Correction: excellent. Dr. Lloyd HeyHey Clinic for Scoliosis and Spine Surgery
Charlene from Florida gets straightened up today!
50 yo Charlene found us through Face Book. She had a painful large adolescent idiopathic scoliosis with progression and degeneration w severe deformity. Her surgery today went great.Surgical time 3 hrs 35 minutesEbl: 700 cc.Blood transfused: none.Complications: none.Correction: excellent. Charlene told me tha she has many friends through FaceBook keeping her in their thoughts and […]
Letter from woman who had Harrington Rod extension lumbar-sacral-iliac wing surgery for scoliosis.
We received this letter dated January 27 2010 From Sherry, a 42 yo woman who had degenerative scoliosis collapse below an old Harrington Rod fusion with flat back syndrome and severe pain. Four months ago, I performed an L1-Iliac wing extension instrumentation and fusion with multiple osteotomies. Jennifer from my office read this encouraging letter […]