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

Intraop xrays of 15 yo w adolescent kyphoscoliosis

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

Maggie's amazing height change after "Hey-U-Rod" Surgery

Got a whole bunch of happy pictures back from Maggie and her family this weekend, including this photo showing 8 yo Maggie showing off her new posture and 2 inch height gain after her revision kyphoscoliosis surgery!

She has severe osteoporosis, and developed kyphosis after Shilla Procedure, which I fixed using a new technique to help spread the load over multiple levels, using sublaminar fixation, and a special "U-Rod".

Thanks for sharing Lisa, and family!


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

What we fixed this morning

Way tight stenosis multilevel w retrolisthesis and facet gapping.

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