Research meeting w Professor Mazzoleni from NC State Dept Mechanical Engineering

Finite element analysis computer model is coming along nicely to help improve instrumentation and fusion. Sunni Wang is the PhD student on the project.

Special plans for experiments this summer!

Dr. Lloyd Hey -- http://www.heyclinic.com

48 yo woman straightened up with thoracolumbar kyphoscoliosis today

This young lady has suffered with progressive back pain and deformity, with 61 degree preop kyphosis combined with 36 degree progressive scoliosis. Her posture has gotten gradually worse, combined with the pain giving her a very poor and worsening quality of life.

Her surgery went well today. The "hump" she had on her back is now gone, and her kyphosis is down in the normal range. Surgery was approximately 4 hours, with 4oo cc blood loss. Just rounded on her and her husband here at Duke Raleigh Hospital. They are both very thankful. He will stay in her room, until they go home likely after 3 nights, on Thursday.

This morning, had a good talk with dad of one of my adolescent kyphosis patients, who had questions from a second opinion about bracing for improving her 77 degree painful kyphosis and scoliosis. Bracing for kyphosis can be very difficult and uncomfortable. Bracing for scoliosis is really meant for children and adolescents who have growth remaining.

Dr. Lloyd Hey

Hey Clinic for Scoliosis and Spine Surgery

http://www.heyclinic.com

Maggie comes back for her 6 week follow-up looking great after "U-Rod" surgery for Early Onset Scoliosis

Well, it is about time to get back to the blog... so sorry for my long delay.

One of the many highlights from the last couple we

made it hard for her Shilla hardware to hold onto her spine. She was gradually falling into significant kyphosis, which also caused heks was seeing Maggie back in the clinic with her mom. She was back for her six week follow-up for her revision early onset scoliosis (EOS) surgery after

Shilla Procedure. Maggie has a tough problem with osteoporosis, which

ardware prominence to

the skin. I revised her

using a special new "U-Rod" technique, using sublaminar fixation at multiple levels using FiberWire. We were able to get a really nice correction of her deformity, and she is now doing very well. She's quite a bit taller, and very happy with her new posture.

She was kind enough to make me a personalized

Thank You Card, which is shown below. She's quite a good artist! Thanks Maggie for the thoughtful card!!

Dr. Lloyd Hey

Hey Clinic for Scoliosis and Spine Surgery

http://www.heyclinic.com

39 yo woman w painful progressive scoliosis fixed today

Just got back from week away doing remote clinic in Jupiter Florida, and travelling also to New York and Oneonta NY.

This young lady's mom had severe scoliosis fixed years ago as a young adult.

As a result, she was so scared of getting scoliosis that she actually hid in the girl's room during scoliosis screenings in school! 

Well, progressive pain and noticeable deformity eventually brought her in for evaluation. We still had to work through her fears.

Her surgery went great today.
Ebl 300 cc. No transfusion.
Very nice correction.

Things have improved a lot since her mom had scoliosis surgery many years ago at Durham Regional.

Despite fears, all adults w scoliosis should be followed routinely through adulthood!

Dr. Lloyd Hey -- http://www.heyclinic.com

Lego in NYC!!

Taking a day off in NYC!! 
AWESOME LEGO STORE.--- LEGO WAS SUPER TOOL.FOR.CREATIVITY GROWING UP AND STILL IS GREAT FOR KIDS AND ADULTS ALIKE.

BE CREATIVE. BUILD SOMETHING.

ALSO ENJOYING READING "FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE" BY DR. PAUL BRAND. STRONGLY RECOMMEND TO EXPERIENCE THE WONDER OF LIFE.

Dr. Lloyd Hey -- http://www.heyclinic.com