This past Wednesday, we straightened up Daniel, who is 15 years old, and had a progressive idiopathic scoliosis. He has a great family, and did great before, during and after surgery. His surgery took a little less than 3 hours, with an excellent correction, and no blood transfusions. We did his surgery in our special […]
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Husband’s assessment of his wife’s adult scoliosis surgery
From: djh > Date: November 4, 2008 9:27:47 PM EST To: “Dr. Hey” <h> Subject: 3 months later Reply-To: djh <t> About 2 years ago we met with Dr. Hey for a consultation about Debra’s Scoliosis. She’s had back problems since she was young. In the last several years we had heard of more promising […]
Nov 3 2008 Hey Clinic Surgery: 59 yo nurse manager with severe collapsing double curve
Yesterday, Monday November 3rd we helped a 59 yo woman, who works as a nurse manager for a hospital a few hours away who has a several hear history of severe progressive back pain. She was only recently diagnosed with a severe scoliosis. She likely had a smaller idiopathic scoliosis, but in her past 10 […]
Pre-Med Student Experience watching Kyphosis Surgery Last week
On Thursday I had the privilege of shadowing Dr. Hey’s surgery on a 40 year old kyphosis patient. As a pre-med student at NC State I was shocked to receive such an opportunity. My dream is to become a surgeon, and it is not often that a physician is patient enough to take an undergraduate […]
Harrington Rod Flat Back Syndrome Success Story from Julie from South Carolina
Dear Dr. Hey, Oct. 2008 I am sorry it has taken me so long to write to you, but I having been too busy enjoying life for the first time in 6 years. I no longer only see my feet and the ground for fear of falling down. Now, when I look outside I see […]