After Emily’s surgery in the morning, I got together with Micah and his parents in preop as shown above. Micah is 11, and has had a rapidly progressive double curve scoliosis. His surgery went very well, with a T6-L3 instrumentation and fusion, and excellent correction of his deformity. I used our laminar flow operating room […]
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12 yo Emily goes home from hospital today after scoliosis surgery for Double Curve June 11
This past couple of weeks has been very busy caring for many of our younger scoliosis patients who have just recently gotten out of school. This past Wednesday, we cared for 12 yo Emily and her family. Emily had a 47 degree thoracolumbar curve, and got an excellent correction of her curve. Preop she had […]
FW: Four Years!!! Adult Scoliosis follow-up email
From: Lynn Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 11:06 AM To: Dr. Lloyd Hey Subject: Four Years!!! Hi Dr. Hey! Well, can you believe I am going to be celebrating my “Hey Day” number four this Sunday? My back is doing wonderfully well, allowing me to walk and workout and do yoga and […]
Answering question regarding 14 yo runner having scoliosis surgery
I received this comment/question this evening on my Blog: “I just received information regarding my 14-yo child’s scoliosis. She is possibly facing surgery for a 53-degree curve. She is an avid runner, logging almost 30 miles per week. She is highly concerned that if she goes through with the surgical intervention that her running will […]
History of Scoliosis Treatment 3000 BC until now. Katie O’Kelly, Hey Clinic Summer Intern
Yesterday at our weekly Hey Clinic Quality Conference with the Duke Raleigh Hospital staff, Katie O’Kelly gave a great talk on the history of scoliosis treatment. Below she gives a summary of her talk, with some of her slides also shown. Great job, Katie! Lloyd A. Hey, MD MS http://www.heyclinic.com ——————————————— History of Scoliosis Treatment: […]