Since 1985 as a second year medical student at Harvard, I've been interested in clinical research and statistics. It was in that year that I got first copy of SAS PC on 15 floppy discs and installed it on my...

Saw MD yesterday in clinic who had referred a 50 Yo patient w post-polio syndrome w severe scoliosis and severe pain. Was seen at an academic medical center by spine surgeon who told patient "you are too old for scoliosis...

Double curve also w 66 degrees of kyphosis.T3-L3 instrumentation and fusion w OsteotomiesSurgical time: 3 hrs 12 min Complications: noneEbl: 350 ccBlood transfused: none. Correction: very good.

Friday was busy in clinic as usual, with lots of smiles and happy reunions with our guests, including many of our adolescent and young adults back for follow-up after scoliosis and/or kyphosis surgery. Taylor, one of our teenage postop scoliosis...