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This morning we helped Brandon, who had a progressive 78 degree kyphosis with some pain. We were able to get a near-anatomic correction with T2-L2 instrumentation and fusion with 4 thoracic posterior osteotomies. His EBL was 1250 cc, and did not require transfusion.  Cell saver was used. OR Time was 3 hrs 45 minutes. Postoperatively, […]

Hannah is a 17 yo girl who developed progressive back pain. Her initial back X-Ray shows 80 degree double curve scoliosis. I corrected her deformity a week ago today.  She had extremely severe double curves with a lot of vertebral body rotation, and stiff curves which required multiple osteotomies. She got a nice correction, and […]

One or both of the patients above has scoliosis. Can you tell which one(s)? If they both have scoliosis, which one do you think is worse? The answer is given in the picture below. In fact, the first patient has an 80 degree double curve scoliosis, and the other patient has a 41 degree thoracolumbar […]

—— Forwarded Message From: “Ginger” Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:21:40 -0400 To: Lloyd Hey <hey@heyclinic.com> Subject: Bless you all! Hi All,     I just wanted to express my appreciation for all you have done to greatly improve the quality of my life.  I am a 64 year old nurse/counselor with 64 year old vertebrae that […]

On Wednesday this past week, we helped Lindsay, who is a delightful 18 yo young lady with Down’s Syndrome and a history of severe scoliosis. Lindsay had scoliosis surgery performed elsewhere, corrected using Leuke Rods and Sublaminar Wires and Galvaston technique fusing into the pelvis Both of her rods broke through, and she developed severe […]