Today we helped this 60 yo nurse from Charleston, SC who has had several surgeries in South Carolina. She has severe flat back syndrome, degenerative scoliosis, spondylolisthesis, L5S1 disc degeneration with vacuum disc phenomenon. She also has rheumatoid arthritis, which contributed to her original degenerative scoliosis. I removed the degenerative disc anteriorly, and jacked it […]
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18 yo Double Curve Scoliosis Corrected today
Today we helped Michael, an 18 yo young man with severe double curve with documented progression and back pain. We were able to get an excellent correction. He did well through surgery, and was sleeping soundly when I came by to check on him in his private room, with his mom in bed next to […]
How do you make a severe thoracic kyphosis and lumbar “flat back” person stand up straight again?
Today, I spent 8 hours straightening up 62 yo Roberta, who had developed a severe kyphosis with severe lumbar flat back syndrome, and thoracic kyphosis which all added up to her being totally hunched over, barely able to walk, and looking down at the floor with severe pain. Before surgery, she got a thorough preoperative […]
Yesterday morning’s Scoliosis Surgery: 13 yo R thoracic scoliosis
Yesterday morning, we helped straighten up Sarabeth, who had a 44 degree R thoracic curve that has progressed significantly over the past year.One of the nurses in the Preop Area, gave her a really cool little bear, who kept an eye on us during surgery, and has been snuggled in with her ever since!Her surgery […]
“Definitely Worth The Trip”: Connie heads back to Los Angeles tomorrow after Scoliosis Surgery just a week before.
A week ago today, I got to meet Connie and her husband Ed, who I shared about in last week’s blog. Connie is in her 50’s, and had a progressive thoracolumbar scoliosis, with increasing pain, and even had some ribs removed from her chest wall when she was in California, since the ribs were rubbing […]