Today we helped Alex, a 22 yo woman who I have followed for a couple years with her painful double curve scoliosis. She has spent the past 18 months in Sudan, Africa, and the pain has really gotten bad in the low back area. Today I fixed her upper and lower curve T5-L3 at Duke […]

Yesterday morning, we straightened up Matthew, who is 20 years old with a near 90 degree Scheuermann’s Kyphosis. His surgery took approximately 3 hours, and required no blood transfusions. We used the cell saver as usual, in our laminar flow operating room. I did several osteotomies to help with the correction, and used pedicle screw […]

Lysanne, No problem with skiing!  Have fun! Thanks for the great update. Give our best to Molly and the whole family. Dr. Hey —— Forwarded Message From: Lysanne Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:33:22 -0800 (PST) To: Lloyd Hey Subject: ? about Molly Ryan’s limitations Hello all, We hope you are all doing well down […]

From: Frances Date: November 11, 2008 7:03:44 PM EST To: Dr. Hey Subject: Frances Dear Dr. Hey, If you recall, you corrected my nearly 90 kyphosis to a normal 4o degree curve on 10-30-08. I am now about 12 days post op and for the most part feeling quite well. I finally got to really […]

This past Wednesday, we straightened up Daniel, who is 15 years old, and had a progressive idiopathic scoliosis. He has a great family, and did great before, during and after surgery. His surgery took a little less than 3 hours, with an excellent correction, and no blood transfusions. We did his surgery in our special […]