Our 11 yo scoliosis patient straightened up nicely with less invasive, shorter fusion. She had good preop bending X-Rays showing her upper curve bends out nicely, as well as lowest part of her lumbar curve. Surgical time: 2 hours 15 minutes.EBL: 300Correction: very nice. Out to talk to family. They should be quite happy! Dr. […]
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40 yo woman with painful thoracolumbar curve fixed yesterday; 11 yo 50 degree thoracolumbar adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) to be fixed this morning
Yesterday we straightened up a 40 yo woman with painful collapsing thoracolumbar scoliosis, just under 40 degrees. She had been suffering with back pain for quite some time, and it was definitely affecting her posture and appearance. She developed a lateral spondylolisthesis at L34 as a result of the curve, with the L3 vertebra gradually […]
Back from SRS. This morning’s scoliosis surgeey
Got back to Raleigh Saturday afternoon from SRS in Chicago.Had to cancel first scoliosis surgery, so moved up second surgery for our 58 yo woman w very painful collapsing scoliosis.Time to suit up. Good to be back w to clinic and OR Room 12!If you get a chance, sign up for eText at Srs.org. awesome […]
Ok. NOW I GET THE “WINDY CITY” THING!
I am riding bus to Art Institute here in Chicago after another action-packed day at SRS international scoliosis meeting. After the meeting, i quickly changed into my running gear and ran down to the Navy Yard. It looked kinda windy out on the water w lots of white caps, but i was running in the […]