This past week we helped a 39 yo athletic gentleman from Oklahoma who had long history of back pain related to an abnormally large thoracic kyphosis.  I have followed this patient for many years now, and his symptoms of pain have worsened over the past few years, although his thoracic curve has remained fairly stable […]

This past week, as always,  we saw several younger and older adult patients with scoliosis, as well as adolescents and younger children with scoliosis. There were a couple of adult patients, however, that were quite memorable. This patient pictured above had a Harrington Rod fusion done many years ago, and did very well until about […]

Today we helped a 60 yo nurse with severe progressive thoracolumbar scoliosis which has increased to 78 degrees recently with severe pain. Procedure:  T4-Iliac wing instrumentation and fusion with L1-5 laminectomy, L3 L4 osteotomies, L5S1 TLIF. Her surgery took approximately 6 hours skin to skin. Bone quality: excellent. Estimated Blood loss 1800 cc Cell Saver […]

Zachary is a 9 yo boy who had surgery six days ago at WakeMed in Raleigh NC for severe kyphosis, secondary to brain injury due to “shaken baby syndrome”.  He actually sustained a couple of thoracic fractures at that time, and with his severe brain injury, has gradually slumped forward into severe kyphosis with growth. […]

Tracy, one of our Hey Clinic associates,  shared with us this week in our weekly Quality Conference, on the meaning of “Compassion”, one of our Core Values. Thanks for sharing from the heart, Tracy! Dr. Lloyd Hey http://www.HeyClinic.com COMPASSION   Compassion by definition is a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is […]