Dr. Lloyd Hey's Blog: Scoliosis and Spine Care, Aviation Safety and Quality "Standard Work"

How can we care for scoliosis and kyphosis and spondylolisthesis better with conservative care like physical therapy, high-tech scoliosis braces, exercise and other techniques? What can be done to improve surgical care, and understand choices for surgery, learning from those around the world? How can we learn from aviation and from Deming's principles of "Standard Work" to constantly improve spine and all healthcare?

Monday, October 22, 2007

C34 ACDF for severe arm weakness: stronger the next day before going home from Hospital. Hey Clinic Surgery Patient week of Oct 18

We took care of this gentleman last week who had a severe spinal cord compression at C34 with severe arm weakness, including loss of fine motor.
About 18 hours after surgery, on the first postoperative day he was showing off to my 2 physician assistants how strong his pinch grip had improved overnight.
He went home very thankful, and on the way to recovery.
Surgical time was 90 minutes.

Lloyd A. Hey, MD MS
Hey Clinic for Scoliosis and Spine Surgery
http://www.heyclinic.com
Raleigh, NC USA

Monday, October 22, 2007

C34 ACDF for severe arm weakness: stronger the next day before going home from Hospital. Hey Clinic Surgery Patient week of Oct 18

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