Breanna's surgery went great. T4-L3 instrumentation and fusionSurgical time: 3 hrs. Complications: none. She is awake and doing well and will be up in private room with her family this afternoon here at Duke Raleigh Hospital. Dr. Lloyd Hey
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Captain “Crook” the bear and the energy drink from Breanna my 14 Yo adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery guest for this am
I saw Breanna and her family in Preop this am. She has a large double curve we are fixing today. She introduced me to her Duke Raleigh Hospital bear she named "captain crook", for her crooked spine. Breanna also gave me a 5 hour energy drink so I could remain focused during surgery without being […]
14 Yo Julia gets her kyphosis straightened up this morning
Julia had a 73 degree Scheuermann's kyphosis of her thoracic spine. Her surgery went great this morning. Surgical time: 3 hrs 10 min. Ebl: 150 cc. Blood transfused: none. Complications: none. Fusion levels: T2-L1. Snow and ice storm on the way!!! May have to sleep here tonight. Patients for tomorrow are already here staying at […]
Can you ride a camel, travel the world, sing in an opera, and fall down on stage after scoliosis surgery? Emily says yes!
My PA Brittany received a nice email from Emily, one of our adolescent idiopathic scoliosis post-surgery guests, who had surgery with us a couple years ago. She gave her permission to share her email and photos with all of you! Hope you are all doing well. Dr. Lloyd Hey Hey Clinic for Scoliosis and Spine […]
Follow-up thank you from young adult woman after kyphosis surgery back to hiking
My physician’s assistant Brittany received this encouraging email from Frances, who had kyphosis surgery with me at Duke Raleigh / Hey Clinic on October 2008. She had a T2-L2 instrumentation and fusion with evoked potential monitoring, and and was around 40 years old when she had her surgery. She had a history of adolescent kyphosis, […]