Yesterday morning, we straightened up Matthew, who is 20 years old with a near 90 degree Scheuermann’s Kyphosis. His surgery took approximately 3 hours, and required no blood transfusions. We used the cell saver as usual, in our laminar flow operating room. I did several osteotomies to help with the correction, and used pedicle screw […]
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78 yo man from West Virginia 8 days after anterior/posterior spinal reconstruction tells his story
Smoot is 78 yo man from West Virginia that I did spinal stenosis and scoliosis surgery 8+ years ago at Duke Medical Center (DUMC).He was basically non-ambulatory at that time due to his severe spinal problems. He did great after surgery, but over the past year has had increasing kyphosis, pain and trouble walking.Eight days […]
“Michigan Molly” Teenage Kyphosis Surgery update. FW: ? about Molly Ryan’s limitations
Lysanne, No problem with skiing! Have fun! Thanks for the great update. Give our best to Molly and the whole family. Dr. Hey —— Forwarded Message From: Lysanne Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:33:22 -0800 (PST) To: Lloyd Hey Subject: ? about Molly Ryan’s limitations Hello all, We hope you are all doing well down […]
Fwd: Update and photos. Scoliosis Revision Surgery Happy On Beach 6 weeks postop
From: Pauline <@yahoo.com> Date: November 12, 2008 8:55:15 AM EST To: “Dr. Lloyd Hey” <> Subject: Update and photos Dear Dr. Hey, Hope all of Hey Clinic and Hey homestead are good this morning. We are having a wet, cloudy, and cold morning with promises of an even colder mornings for the next few days. […]
Fwd: Adult Kyphosis Grateful Patient
From: Frances Date: November 11, 2008 7:03:44 PM EST To: Dr. Hey Subject: Frances Dear Dr. Hey, If you recall, you corrected my nearly 90 kyphosis to a normal 4o degree curve on 10-30-08. I am now about 12 days post op and for the most part feeling quite well. I finally got to really […]