Yesterday morning, we straightened up Matthew, who is 20 years old with a near 90 degree Scheuermann’s Kyphosis.
His surgery took approximately 3 hours, and required no blood transfusions.
We used the cell saver as usual, in our laminar flow operating room.
I did several osteotomies to help with the correction, and used pedicle screw thoracic and lumbar instrumentation from T3-L2.
He has done well postoperatively, with some chest discomfort as his whole chest wall gets used to his dramatically improved shape!
Lloyd A. Hey, MD MS
Hey Clinic for Scoliosis and Spine Surgery
Raleigh, NC USA
http://www.heyclinic.com
Member, Scoliosis Research Society (SRS.org)
http://www.srs.org