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Playing Sports and Long-term outcome from Shilla Procedure and Definitive Instrumentation and Fusion for Janelle, Early Onset Scoliosis

Got this email from Janelle’s dad earlier today.  6 yo Janelle had 120 degree early onset scoliosis we treated Dec 2010 with Shilla Technique  combined with anterior fusion (similar to growing rod), followed by postop followup, and 3 years later definitive instrumentation and fusion at age 9. Looking great Janelle!  Dr. Lloyd Hey, Hey Clinic for Scoliosis and Spine […]

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Adjacent Level Failure / Stenosis below Harrington Rod fusion. Finding patients who have had found hope and success and relief on Hey Clinic YouTube and Blog

I saw this this woman in her mid-50’s from Virginia with her husband on Friday, who had a Harrington Rod fusion as a teenager, and now has progressive back and radiating thigh pain.  It even is painful to turn over when sleeping.  You can see from her CT myelogram that there is an extremely tight […]

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