This morning we straightened up Grace, a delightful 13 yo young lady from eastern North Carolina who had a 51 degree right thoracic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). T5-L1 instrumentation and fusion with evoked potential monitoring. Surgical time:  2 hrs 20 minutes. EBL 375 cc Correction:  excellent. Complications:  none. Wow — what a difference from the […]

Yesterday we straightened up Carly, the 11 Yo w 105 degree Preop curve. Carly is doing well today and got extubated right after surgery. Dr. Lloyd HeyHey Clinic for Scoliosis and Spine Surgery

Surgery went great at WakeMed (for Carly with a C).Notice the lung compression on MRI. Her pulmonary function tests were abnormal.Nice correction.Surgical time: 5 hrs 8 min.Complications: none.Ebl: 500Blood transfused: none.Great day! Our 14 Yo scoliosis young lady from Monday (Karly with a K) was wandering halls w her parents looking quite straight an happy. […]

I am back after a nice one week break, including a wonderful family reunion. This morning I was "back in the saddle" and stopped in to see Karly and her family. Karly is obviously well loved: she had over a dozen people here, who all squeezed into her Preop room forming a circle of prayer […]

She had severe progressive back and leg pain w trouble walking and progressive deformity. T4-iliac wing instrumentation and fusion, laminectomies an osteotomies. Ebl: 1800 cc. Surgical time: 4 hr 30 min. Complications: none. Dr. Lloyd HeyHey Clinic