I just broke scrub on Julia’s scoliosis surgery — the 14 yo I talked about on this morning’s blog with the large adolescent idiopathic scoliosis double curve. Her surgery this morning went great. Surgical time was 3 hours 50 minutes. EBL was 1000 cc, with 650 cc given back in cell saver, and no blood […]
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Today’s Scoliosis News! 5th opinion this morning and Today’s Scoli Surgery
On hospital rounds this morning: Our young man that we removed the huge disc at L5S1 was feeling great this morning, after suffering for 2 years with severe sciatica. I’ve had a cervical disc herniation removed, which felt like an ice pick in my left scapula and left arm for a year. What a blessing […]
42 yo man w severe right leg pain w sciatica and large L5S1 disc herniation fixed just now w microsiscectomy / microsurgery
Did well! Dr. Lloyd Hey — http://www.heyclinic.com
Away at Scoliosis Conference, and Hey Clinic Quality Retreat.
I am here at a spinal deformity course here at Washington University, in St. Louis, MO, which is sponsored by Dr. Larry Lenke and Keith Bridwell and others from Scoliosis Research Society. This has been a very unique course, where there are two simultaneous surgeries going on, with the surgeries being broadcast to our conference […]
Research meeting w Professor Mazzoleni from NC State Dept Mechanical Engineering
Finite element analysis computer model is coming along nicely to help improve instrumentation and fusion. Sunni Wang is the PhD student on the project. Special plans for experiments this summer! Dr. Lloyd Hey — http://www.heyclinic.com