Ebl 300 cc Patient and family very happy with the end result. Dr. Lloyd Hey — http://www.heyclinic.com
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15 yo gymnast young gentleman with rapidly progressive congenital scoliosis fixed this morning
Just finished surgery to straighten up Trey, a 15 yo gymnast, who has had a rapidly progressive left thoracic curve over this past year, going from 26 to 41 degrees. He also has a pectus, which may be related. His surgery today went very well. I did special 3D preoperative CT analysis, as well as […]
Fwd: 3 years in July. Sailing around the Caribbean after Major Scoliosis Surgery
From: “Pat Subject: 3 years in July Date: June 16, 2012 8:19:05 PM EDT To: “‘Lloyd Hey’” <> Hi Dr. Hey, just thought I would let you know that I just returned from a 10 day vacation in the British Virgin Islands………….we spent 5 days on a 51′ catamaran sailing boat. I was a bit […]
Driven by Thankfulness. June 5, 1978 Remembered. Stop and Give Thanks.
34 years ago, I had no plans to become a scoliosis surgeon, or even a surgeon, or even a doctor for that matter. I thought I would some day be a naval architect or engineer, and a motorcycle mechanic on the side for fun. But June 5, 1978 4pm changed everything. In the blink of […]
16 yo Holly straightened up this morning with her severe trunk shift and lumbar scoliosis
Holly had a collapsing adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, lumbar Lenke 5C. We had to do extensive preoperative planning due to the degree of her trunk shift and some concerns about an oblique takeoff at the pelvis. Preoperative CT scan as well as bending X-Rays and in-surgery prone view with manual pressure to fully evaluate the lumbo-sacral […]