Yesterday, I saw Iona and her husband back for follow-up. A year ago, Iona was a very, very crooked, suffering woman. Her preop photographs shows her shifted way over to the side, and humped over. I performed a T3-Iliac wing reconstruction, with multi-level laminectomies, and L5S1 TLIF all through a posterior approach. She left the […]

Here is a "Hey Clinic Puzzler" for you. Is it possible to fix a scoliosis and/or kyphosis with only a 1 inch minimally invasive incision? Your answer is tucked into the story below. I just got a nice follow-up note from the mom of one of my recent surgery patients, named Taylor, who is from […]

A few months I got a very nice email from Molly’s mom in Kalamazoo, Michigan very concerned about Molly’s severe Scheuermann’s Kyphosis, which had progressed into the low 80 degree range.  We exchanged X-Rays and clinical photos and clinical history via web, and talked on phone.  Molly and her mom and dad then decided to […]

Today in clinic I saw a delightful 42 yo woman, who actually was bringing her young adolescent daughter in for a scoliosis check. The mom mentioned that she had scoliosis surgery done with a Harrington Rod by Dr. Ralph Coonrad when she was 13 years old, and has done great ever since. She had not […]

Three weeks ago today on my first day back from Haiti, we “straightened up” a 12 yo girl named Brittany @ WakeMed in Raleigh.  She had a 48 degree upper curve and 58 degree lower curve, but fortunately had wonderful correction of her lower 3 disc spaces on bending films, so we were able to […]