I saw Kathryn back for follow-up recently with her mom.She had suffered for years during her teen-age years with severe back pain, and an MRI showed a severely degenerative L5S1 disc. She tried all conservative therapies over more than 2 years, and her quality of life was getting progressively worse, making it tough to get […]

While we all love our new, huge laminar flow scoliosis operating room at Duke Raleigh Hospital, the best thing about our operating room is our PEOPLE. Since I moved my spine practice from “Big Duke”, Duke Medical Center, to “Little Duke”, at Duke Raleigh Hospital, I have been blessed with a very devoted group of […]

Last week we saw Rita back for follow-up after her correction of her thoracolumbar severe scoliosis. We were able to correct her deformity from a posterior approach only, with a TLIF spacer at her L45 level to give more support. Her L5S1 level was spared, since the disc was in good shape.Her posture now is […]

Hunter is an 13 yo young man who had a bout with inflammatory bowel disease (Chrohn’s), and then developed severe neck pain and what appeared to be torticollis 8 months ago. Traction, both inpatient and outpatient did not help. He was thought to have possible rotatory subluxation. He could not hold his head straight, nor […]

On August 24, I got to see one of my favorite patients, named Emily back for follow-up with her new husband! Three or 4 years ago now when I was back at Duke Medical Center I did a complex posterior revision scoliosis surgery on Emily when she was still in college. She had previous anterior […]