Surgery: T5-L3 instrumentation and fusion Surgical time: 3 hour 15 min. Complications: none. Correction: excellent. Near 100 per cent. One of the big benefits of fixing scoliosis with curves in 40’s rather than 60"’s or 70’s or 80’s is that we can usually get a better final correction, especially in the younger and more flexible […]

T12-iliac wing instrum and fusion w multilevel lumbar osteotomies. She did well, and will be going to ortho floor to be w her husband. Up and around tomorrow. It is a little unusual for scoliosis t collapse below fusions down to L1, but it still can happen. More modern instrumentation combined w earlier intervention can […]

Back from SRS today, and helped this woman get her scoli straightened up. Did well. Surgical time 6 hour 10 min. Complic. None. EBL: 1200 cc. Its good to be back!! Dr. Lloyd Hey Hey Clinic for Scoliosis and Spine Surgery http://www.heyclinic.com Dr. Lloydf Hey

Had a really blessed evening last night  w Dr. Wayne Cheng, one of my Duke Spine Fellows. He has been on faculty at Loma Linda in California now for 8 years serving as a spine surgeon including deformity/scoliosis surgery. He also has a wonderful family. He is here at the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) meeting […]

I just arrived for our annual SRS meeting in San Antonio, Texas. Will be here for the next several days. SRS has been around since 1966, and is a wonderful community of scoliosis / spinal deformity surgeons from around the world committed to improving care through research and learning together. Several of my mentors, including […]