Thursday this week, I took a “field trip” to West Chester, PA to visit Synthes Spine along with Craig Browning, my local spine instrumentation support person. I had a series of wonderful meetings with their design engineers, metallurgists, and mechanical testing experts. What a wonderful experience to be able to get the surgeon who uses […]

It was great to see Ashlyn and her mom and dad back for follow-up at Hey Clinic. Ashlyn had a severe scoliosis, and a severe seizure disorder which she has had since birth. I performed her surgery at WakeMed, here in Raleigh, given her severe seizure disorder and size to use their Pediatric Intensive Care […]

We had 2 full clinics this week, on Wednesday and Friday, and saw many wonderful families. On Friday afternoon, I saw a delightful family with 15 yo twins, both with scoliosis, and one with cerebral palsy.  Both of their curves were in the 30 degree range, and will need further follow-up. While both of these […]

Tuesday afternoon, we helped Virginia, who is a 64 yo woman, who came up to see us from Florida (near Sarasota), with severe back pain and trouble walking.  She had a previous L4-S1 noninstrumented fusion done 30+ years ago, and had done well for many years.  Over past few years, however, she developed increasing low […]

Jillian is a delightful, small-framed 17 yo girl with a severe double-curve scoliosis. On Tuesday, I performed a T5-L4 spinal reconstruction for her. Unlike 22 yo Ashley Monday, Jillian’s upper and lower curve were still nice and flexible.  Her ribs were also fairly flexible. As a result, I was able to get a near 100% […]