No time to write much now. Gotta get to clinic! Putting this up so Drew's friends and family back in Tennessee will know everything went well w his scoliosis surgery this am. His parents asked me to post right away. Dr. Lloyd HeyHey Clinic
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50 yo woman w flat back syndrome fixed today
Julia is 50 yo and had L3-5 instrumentation and fusion done elsewhere now w severe flat back syndre and scoliosis w adjacent level spinal stenosis above and below her old fusion. She also has Sjogren's Syndrome which can lead to significant spinal destruction like rheumatoid arthritis. We fixed her spine today w anterior L5S1 Alif […]
38 yo woman from New Mexico w adjacent level failure below old scoliosis fusion fixed today
L45 L5S1 TLIF w extension instrumentation and fusion.No complications.Surgical time: 4 hrs 0 min. Dr. Lloyd HeyHey Clinic for Scoliosis and Spine Surgery
18 yo woman w 65 degree Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) fixed this afternoon
Surgical time: 2 hr 58 min.Complications: none. blood transfused: none.To regular private room w mom after surgery. Dr. Lloyd HeyHey Clinic
53 yo woman w lumbar Spondylolisthesis and stenosis fixed today
L3-5 instrumentation and fusion w TLIF and laminectomies. Surgical time: 2 hrs 10 min.Ebl: 400Blood transfused. None.Complications: none. Our 3 scoliosis and kyphosis inpatients from last week are heading out of hospital — one from Idaho, another from Connecticut, an a third from Durham NC. Dr. Lloyd HeyHey Clinic for Scoliosis and Spine Surgery