Surgical time: 1 hour 52 min.
Est blood loss: 150 cc.
Blood given: none.
Room aura: excellent. Good tunes classic rock.

This morning’s case was a revision L4-iliac wing instrumentation and fusion w bmp for a woman from Asherville 5 hrs away who had fusion for L5S1 spondylolisthesis. She smoked a lot after surgery, which increases rate of nonunion dramatically (over 10x risk).
She did very well w 3 hour surgical time.
She plans to quit smoking now!! 

Our young lady who had thoracolumbar scoliosis surgery on Monday went home today doing great, taller, and loving her new posture. She actually asked her dad to take her picture w me standing in the hallway on rounds this morning!  She had a very big smile!!

A good day.

Lloyd A. Hey, MD MS
Hey Clinic for Scoliosis and Spine Surgery
https://www.heyclinic.com