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Today’s surgery: Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. Yesterday’s surgery: Severe cervical myelopathy

This morning we straightened up Grace, a delightful 13 yo young lady from eastern North Carolina who had a 51 degree right thoracic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). T5-L1 instrumentation and fusion with evoked potential monitoring. Surgical time:  2 hrs 20 minutes. EBL 375 cc Correction:  excellent. Complications:  none. Wow — what a difference from the […]

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Today’s challenge: 105 degree scoliosis in 11 YO girl

Surgery went great at WakeMed (for Carly with a C).Notice the lung compression on MRI. Her pulmonary function tests were abnormal.Nice correction.Surgical time: 5 hrs 8 min.Complications: none.Ebl: 500Blood transfused: none.Great day! Our 14 Yo scoliosis young lady from Monday (Karly with a K) was wandering halls w her parents looking quite straight an happy. […]

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