I saw Kathryn back for follow-up recently with her mom.She had suffered for years during her teen-age years with severe back pain, and an MRI showed a severely degenerative L5S1 disc. She tried all conservative therapies over more than 2...

While we all love our new, huge laminar flow scoliosis operating room at Duke Raleigh Hospital, the best thing about our operating room is our PEOPLE. Since I moved my spine practice from "Big Duke", Duke Medical Center, to "Little...

Last week we saw Rita back for follow-up after her correction of her thoracolumbar severe scoliosis. We were able to correct her deformity from a posterior approach only, with a TLIF spacer at her L45 level to give more support....

Hunter is an 13 yo young man who had a bout with inflammatory bowel disease (Chrohn's), and then developed severe neck pain and what appeared to be torticollis 8 months ago. Traction, both inpatient and outpatient did not help. He...

On August 24, I got to see one of my favorite patients, named Emily back for follow-up with her new husband! Three or 4 years ago now when I was back at Duke Medical Center I did a complex posterior...