I just saw Laney and her mom and dad back for 6 week follow-up doing really well. Check out the scoliosis surgery journey story her dad wrote, and I shared a few weeks ago. She went back to school a little more than 2 weeks, and is all caught up on her school work. […]
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How do Early Onset Scoliosis Patients do in first few days and weeks after surgery? Saw Cayleigh, our 11 yo back for f/u today
Cayleigh had just turned 11 a few days before we did her very large Early Onset Scoliosis (EOS) double curve scoliosis last week, which can be found on my blog. I got a chance to see her just now for a brief postop visit today in the clinic, and she looks great! She’s excited […]
Postop Scoliosis Patient, Retired Nurse Practitioner Gives Thanks 1 Year after Scoliosis Surgery
I just saw Nancy back for follow-up after her revision thoracolumbar sacral iliac wing revision extension instrumentation and fusion now one year postop doing extremely well. She had a small lumbar fusion done years ago, but then had degenerative scoliosis collapse above that with severe pain, trouble walking and severe spinal stenosis. She is now […]
Thanksgivings from adolescent with multiple congenital spine abnormalities now doing well 1 year postop.
On Nov 16, 2012, at 10:02 AM, Emory wrote: Dear friends and family, I am happy to announce that today, November 16th, is officially one whole year after my scoliosis surgery in 2011! I am doing great and am basically pain free! Thank you to all who prayed for me and all you did while […]
Can Scoliosis be fixed with minimally invasive microsurgery?
Here’s a real short video on YouTube I shot yesterday with a 29 yo woman who has a 19 degree scoliosis with severe radiating left leg pain, secondary to large L45 disc herniation on the left. In response to the pain, she’s developed a significant scoliosis and lean to the right. (She was psyched to […]