I stopped by to see Erik and his wife from Kentucky this afternoon in their private hospital room here at Duke Raleigh Hospital, where he has been since being transferred from PACU yesterday afternoon (no ICU needed).   Yesterday,  I performed the flat back syndrome anterior/posterior (A/P)  reconstruction for him, and I wanted to see how […]

Procedure: anterior L45, L5S1 ALIF instrumentation and fusion, then posterior Smith Peterson osteotomies w extension instrumentation and fusion down to ilium. Surgical time:  90 minutes anterior, then 5 hour ad 10 min posterior. Lordosis flat back correction: excellent. EBL: 2100 cc. Blood transfused: none. This technique is nice alternative to pedicle subtraction osteotomy (PSO) when […]

This woman did great for many yrs after her complex scoliosis reconstruction back at "big Duke". Over past few yrs she’s developled progressive back and leg pain w kyphosis w adjacent level failure below her fusion. She did well w surgery today. Surgical time: 6 hour 40 min. Complications: none. EBL: 1,450 cc. Blood 2 […]

A couple of days ago, I happened to pop into one of the exam rooms at Hey Clinic to just say “Hello” to one of our recent complex kyphosciliosis revision surgery patients, and his son.  The patient is in his 70’s, and unfortunately has had declining kidney function over past few years to the point […]

Just recently my mom and dad cleaned out and sold their home of 40+ years and moved to a retirement community. During the cleanup, my mom uncovered one of my original X-Rays of my broken left leg from 1981, as well as a case report article about my accident which had a picture of my […]