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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?

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Sunday, January 20, 2008

Hey Clinic Postop Visit for Gentleman sp complex revision lumbosacral surgery

This gentleman had several previous surgeries elsewhere, including a pain pump, and still was in severe pain with very poor quality of life.
He came back for his follow-up visit at Hey Clinic after his revision lumbo-sacral iliac wing reconstruction instrumentation and fusion with multilevel complex decompression. He is doing so much better, and has tapered off his major pain medications.
As much as I prefer working with the children and adolescent deformity patients (kyphosis and scoliosis), the older patients are often just as thankful, if not more so.

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