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

3.4 cm Preop trunk shift to right. Surgery time: 3 hrs 25 min. Blood transfused: none. Complications: none. Correction: excellent. Mom and patient will be psyched w the correction!We did similar curve yesterday in 67 Yo who dis well and...

Mildred had a 52 degree Thoracolumbar degenerative and idiopathic scoliosis. She was treated down in Florida w 2 level X-Stops. We fixed her today T5-iliac wing w L5S1 TLIF, osteotomies, laminectomies. You could really see the severe nerve pinch on...

This morning we helped Magnolia who had a severe lumbar spinal stenosis with L45 spondylolisthesis. Her surgery went well. Today we had Charlotte with us in surgery — an NC State Honors student interested in going into medicine (Pre-Med). Charlotte...

Recently I saw Gail back for follow-up for her flat back syndrome revision surgery.  She was doing great, but told me that she never saw her Blog entry that she wrote up several months earlier and emailed to me.  My...