Throughout the years at Hey Clinic we have received gifts of thanks from many of our guests.Today a gentleman came into our clinic for a follow up appointment to surgery that he had with Dr. Hey at Duke. Hey Clinic’s medical assistant, Tracy, brought this gentleman into one of our exam rooms to begin his […]
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Pars fracture and spondylolisthesis below previous scoliosis fusion
This 38 yo woman had scoliosis fixed, and then several years later had increasing back and leg symptoms. Xray and ct showed pars fracture and spondylolisthesis w halo effect around bottom screws at L5. Fixed today w revision T11-iliac wing extension instrumentation w Gill procedure and BMP. No complications. OR time: 4 hour 5 min. […]
61 yo woman from Alabama w 62 degree thoracolumbar scoliosis fixed today
Nancy met one of my other scoliosis patients named Margorie from Alabama, who suggested coming up here as well. She had a very severe scoliosis w severe back and R leg pain and lateral listhesis w collapse lower lumbar spine. Surgery: T5-iliac wing instrumentation and fusion w 3 posterior Smith-Peterson osteomies as well as 2 […]
Will do scoliosis surgery for cookies! Great end of the week at Hey Clinic.
Our clinic was blessed mid-day today with a special ginger bread cookie “floral display” from Terri’s family — our scoliosis surgery guest from yesterday. Last week I spent virtually the whole week at the SRS Conference (Scoliosis Research Society) in San Antonio Texas. This week I was definitely “back in the saddle” in the operating […]
15 yo young lady w double (adolescent idiopathic scoliosis) AIS curve ans seizure disorder straightened up today!!
Surgery: T5-L3 instrumentation and fusion Surgical time: 3 hour 15 min. Complications: none. Correction: excellent. Near 100 per cent. One of the big benefits of fixing scoliosis with curves in 40’s rather than 60"’s or 70’s or 80’s is that we can usually get a better final correction, especially in the younger and more flexible […]