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Every week at Hey Clinic has it’s wonderful bright spots. This week had several, including this wonderful family from Virginia. The dad had contacted me a 3 weeks ago about scoliosis surgery second opinion for his two teen-age children, both of which had 70 degree severe scoliosis.  He emailed me the X-Rays and we did […]

From: Jay Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 08:22:26 -0400 To: Lloyd Hey Subject: Post Surgery Update – 5 Weeks & 1 Day 🙂 🙂 Good Morning, Hope all is well with you. The last week (even days) has brought tremendous improvement. I am only taking tylenol and advil now as needed for the pain, plus […]

Surgical time: 2 hour 45 min Levels: T4-L1. Correction: excellent. Technique: simultaneous 2 rod derotation. EBL: 1000 cc. Blood transfused: none. Cell saver reinfused: 450. Room aura: excellent! Dr. Lloyd Hey Hey Clinic for Scoliosis and Spine Surgery http://www.heyclinic.com

Procedure: T5-Iliac wing instrumentation and fusion w multiple osteotomies. Surgical time: 4 hour 20 minutes. Correction:  quite good. Complications: none. Dr. Lloyd Hey Hey Clinic for Scoliosis and Spine Surgery. http://www.heyclinic.com

T12-iliac wing w 4 level laminectomy and 2 level osteotomy. (8 segments) Correction excellent. EBL: 1000 cc. Blood: none. Surgical time: 3 hrs 0 minutes. Room aura: excellent. Dr. Lloyd Hey Hey Clinic for Scoliosis and Spine Surgery Raleigh, NC  USA http://www.heyclinic.com