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Emily now 6 years after scoliosis fusion surgery with no pain during first pregnancy! Some advice for scoliosis and kyphosis with pregnancy, with or without surgery.
One of the questions I address quite often is the issue of pregnancy with our without scoliosis surgery. In this email I received yesterday, one of my young adult surgery guests who had her scoliosis fusion done 6 years ago shares how well she is doing during her first pregnancy. If you have had […]
FW: Tips for 2010/grateful patient
I received this very encouraging email late in the day yesterday, from Sandra, a nurse practitioner who had surgery with us back in November, with a revision decompression and lumbo-sacral-iliac wing instrumentation and fusion. She was quite debilitated preop, having trouble working and getting through the day. Now she is doing much better, as she […]
Another update from one of my longer-term mentorees
Several years ago when I was on faculty at "Big Duke" in orthopaedics andspine surgery, I also ran a clinical research and innovation lab called the"Center for Clinical Effectiveness."Ronnie joined my lab as a college grad with desire to go to medical school.He had faced many trials during college which definitely set him back, andmade […]
Re: Update from MIT student who “shadowed” 6 years ago now in medical school.
Zach, I do remember you! What an encouragement to hear about your journey! Give my best to your folks, and keep me posted on your career developments. While the journey to become a surgeon is a long one, I can tell you confidently after almost 15 years of practice and 6,000 surgeries, and thousands and […]