This gentleman had several previous surgeries elsewhere, including a pain pump, and still was in severe pain with very poor quality of life.He came back for his follow-up visit at Hey Clinic after his revision lumbo-sacral iliac wing reconstruction instrumentation and fusion with multilevel complex decompression. He is doing so much better, and has tapered […]
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1 year f/u appointment for teenage dancer after scoliosis surgery with Dr. Hey
I saw a bunch of people back for follow-up appointments on Friday, including this young lady for whom I had performed scoliosis surgery around a year ago.She is doing great, returning to full dance within a few weeks of surgery, and now still looking great and feeling great. Lloyd A Hey, MD MSHey Clinic for […]
Email from my mother-in-law, reading Hey Clinic Blogs as opposed to watching football
I received a nice note from my mother-in-law, Sharon, who I performed an L45 decompression and fusion with instrumentation for a L45 spondylolisthesis with stenosis over 5 years ago. 6 months after her surgery, Sharon and her husband Richard toured the Southwest with us, and hiked the Grand Canyon. The following summer, Sharon and Richard […]
Flexibility differences between younger and older patients who have scoliosis, and it’s affect on curve correction during scoliosis surgery
We perform scoliosis and kyphosis surgery on a wide age range of people. For example, over the past 2 weeks we have treated people from 9 years old, to 75 years old.In this video, I actually show a comparison of the spine flexibility between a 74 yo retired nurse who had surgery on Wednesday, and […]
Tiffany’s “Teamwork” talk for weekly Hey Clinic Quality Meeting
Teamwork by Tiffany, Hey Clinic One of the many definitions of teamwork is, a cooperative or coordinated effort by a group of persons acting together as a team or in the interests of a common cause. Teamwork is used and applied in a variety of different settings including sports, corporations, marriages, law enforcement and the […]