This past Friday I saw this 27 yo woman back for follow-up. She had a huge thoracolumbar curve preop, and had significant pain, and very severe posture / self image issues. She is now doing great, and told me that the scoliosis surgery has allowed her to start “a whole new life!” Here I am […]
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Valentine’s Day Secret Compassion witnessed at Hey Clinic
The great thing about true compassion is that true compassion happens behind the scenes — not looking for recognition or “credit”. Today I just happened to catch one of these secret compassionate moments. When I was between surgeries today, I saw my nurse practitioner come out of an examination room, and go to her desk […]
8 yo Maggie’s U-Rod! New Treatment Option for Early Onset Scoliosis with Severe Osteoporosis.
Some of you may remember Maggie, who I performed a Shilla Growing rod procedure on last May. Maggie has done great postop, but over the last few months has developed some progressive kyphosis at the top of her thoracic spine. This is largely in part to her severe osteoporosis, which was allowing her spine to […]
44 yo from Wilmington NC did well today w 2 level TLIF
Suffered for years after laminectomies w back and leg pain and very poor quality of life. Surgery today went well. Dr. Lloyd Hey. Hey Clinic for Scoliosis and Spine Surgery Published with Blogger-droid v2.0.4
Thoughts shared from an adult patient treated with non-instrumented spinal fusion as an adolescent years ago.
On Friday at Hey Clinic, I met Linda a 60 year old young lady, who had an adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery years ago, done without instrumentation. Things sure have come a long way since then! Now we even have high performance athletic adolescent patients returning to sports within weeks of surgery. Years ago, as you […]