On December 4th, I performed an anterior/posterior reconstruction for a 38 yo young lady from the coast of North Carolina. She had previous scoliosis surgery in 2004, but developed increasing low back pain. She does have a history of smoking, which can contribute to disc degeneration. I performed an anterior removal of her lower 2 […]
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Hey Clinic Dec 3 2007 Surgery: 38 yo woman from Alabama sp scoliosis surgery in FL and previous SI joint fusion with persistent low back and R hip/leg pain now for Revision Scoliosis Surgery
This 38 yo woman named Rebecca had a minimally invasive scoliosis surgery in Florida, and a sacro-iliac fusion done elsewhere presented to Hey Clinic with persistent low back and R hip and leg pain. Her pain has actually been progressive, and did not improve either with the first scoliosis fusion L2-L4, nor with the SI […]
Hey Clinic Nov 20 2007 Surgery: Preop/Postop Clinical Photos and X-Rays for anterior/posterior revision kyphoscoliosis surgery for woman with prior Harrington Rod Fusion
A couple week’s back I briefly described a complex anterior/posterior reconstruction we did for a very nice 54 yo woman from Florida (near Tampa). This young lady had a Harrington Rod instrumentation and fusion done many years ago, and over the past 10+ years has developed progressive severe back pain, and trouble with increasing kyphotic […]
Hey Clinic Surgery Nov 29 2007: 14 yo young man with R thoracic idiopathic scoliosis 56 degrees
A couple weeks ago we helped a nice young man who had a 55 degree scoliosis when initially diagnosed with scoliosis. He is a very muscular, athletic young man, which in part hid some of his curve, but does emphasize again the importance of scoliosis screenings. Parents and children/adolescents are often a bit upset when […]
Hey Clinic Surgery Nov 10 2007: 48 yo woman with painful collapsing 64 degree kyphoscoliosis, reconstructed T3-Iliac Wing Instrumentation and fusion with osteotomies.
It has been a busy few weeks @ Hey Clinic, and I am a bit behind on the Blog…sorry for the delay for our many loyal readers! Here are some preop/postop pictures for a nice young lady named Debbie from North Carolina who had a very painful, and noticable collapsing kyphoscoliosis. We were fortunate to […]