Hannah: “I’m from Greenville, North Carolina, and it has been a year since my scoliosis surgery. It’s helped me walk better. It’s improved my dance and volleyball, and I want to thank all of you for help during surgery and for helping me to get back to recovery. Thank you! Hannah’s mom: “Thank you Dr. […]
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Lacrosse (LAX) Neck Injury: C67 cervical fracture with severe arm numbness and pain, fixed today C67 foraminotomy and instrumentation/fusion
Last Thursday, this 18 yo senior Varsity lacrosse player at local school had a severe blow to his head while checking another player in his chest, using his head and shoulder (possible “spearing” injury).He had immediate severe pain and numbness and some weakness in left upper extremity, and came off the field.His arm pain and […]
What is it like to talk to the doctor right after your daughter has scoliosis surgery?
Today, Katie, our “pre-Med” intern, who is shadowing me this week, caught a glimpse of what it was like for Heather’s parents to talk to Dr. Hey immediately after Heather’s scoliosis surgery today.After several years of scoliosis tracking, then bracing, then awaiting surgery — how will Heather’s parents respond when they see the new X-Ray […]
13 yo girl with severe thoracic scoliosis for Surgery w/ Hey Clinic Sep 27 2007
Sept 27 2007 we helped a 13 yo girl who had a very large R thoracic scoliosis with documented progression. We used thoracic pedicle screw instrumentation and were able to keep the fusion relatively short, T5-L1.Her surgical time was approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes, and we used “cell saver” and no blood transfusions.Her correction […]