I dropped of Lexi and her mom at RDU airport Sunday morning, for their flight back home from after her surgery last week.  I received this note from Lexi’s mom today.  We’ll be working on getting her back into training for her next lacrosse season. Get well Lexi!!! You look great! “Lexi is home from […]

PReop kyphosis 84. T3-L3 instrumentation and fusion w osteotomies. Postop: normal Ebl: 650 ccCell saver: 300. Complications: none. Family thankful. Life is good!

Just finished the anterior posterior reconstruction for flat back on the 46 Yo woman from Ohio w Harrington rod fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis many years ago. She did great w surgery. Anterior took 2 hrs L45 and L5S1 ALIF. Posterior took 3 hrs 45 min. Ebl 1500Cell saver 620 ccBlood 1 unit prbc. Complications: […]

Just finished anterior. Both discs were completely gone, bone on bone. Had to take a lot of time to gradually jack up and clean out each space. Got 16 mm cage in at both L45 and L5S1. Her disc spaces are back to close to their original height. Dr. WATTERS, general surgery now closing, then […]

This 47 up woman from Ohio had Harrington rod fusion done for scoliosis as teenager. She did well until a few years ago where she had increasing back and leg pain and trouble w walking and standing. Her L45 and L5S1 discs have collapsed below her long fusion which actually put her lumbar spine in […]