29 yo woman with progressive scoliosis, who was told her curve would not progress as a teenager. How does scoliosis progress as an adult? What affect does pregnancy have on scoliosis?

Yesterday Jaclyn and I  saw a lovely 29 yo woman at Hey Clinic who was diagnosed with a R thoracic scoliosis as a young teenager.  The curve was followed with serial X-Rays, and by the time she turned 17 and...

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FW: Two Years after Surgery with Hey Clinic.

-----Original Message----- From: Tim ________________ To: Dr. Lloyd Hey Sent: Mon Sep 24 14:10:54 2007 Subject: Two Years Hello Dr. Hey, on September 19th I reached a major milestone, that being my two year anniversary of having you fix my...

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Natural History of Adolescent Scoliosis Curve Progression as a Function of Degree of Curvature and Age. Scoliosis Bracing Decision Requires More Information and Dialogue, not simple rule.

Back in 1989 when I was a Junior Resident at the Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Program, I did my first rotation at Boston Children’s Hospital, and learned a very simple rule to use in their busy scoliosis clinic: If there is...

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Duke Pre-Med Student, Jing, shares some reflections on her summer “shadow” internship experience with Hey Clinic

My Experience at the Hey Clinic             When Duke University’s Health Careers Exploration Program first informed me that I would be shadowing Dr. Hey in the Hey clinic this past summer, I was so excited. I started looking through the clinic’s...

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Anterior/Posterior (A/P) spine reconstruction for 50 yo woman with flatback syndrome, and L5S1 severe disc collapse below previous long fusion, with removal of unusual hardware. Hey Clinic Surgery Sep 20 2007. Spine Surgeon Surgical Tips: Instruction Manual for Removing Grubb Spinal Hardware.

Today at Duke Raleigh Hospital we helped a 50 yo woman who has had 6 major spinal surgeries done elsewhere for scoliosis and extension fusions.  Her last surgery was several years ago, and extended her fusion down to L5, leaving...

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