Dr. Lloyd Hey, Author at Hey Clinic

Sep 25 Comments Off

Wonderful dinner w Dr. Wayne Cheng, one of my previous Duke Spine Fellows

Posted by Dr. Lloyd Hey

Had a really blessed evening last night w Dr. Wayne Cheng, one of my Duke Spine Fellows. He has been on faculty at Loma Linda in California now for 8 years serving as a spine surgeon including deformity/scoliosis surgery. He...

Sep 23 1

Scoliosis Research Society (SRS)

Posted by Dr. Lloyd Hey

I just arrived for our annual SRS meeting in San Antonio, Texas. Will be here for the next several days. SRS has been around since 1966, and is a wonderful community of scoliosis / spinal deformity surgeons from around the...

Sep 17 Comments Off

“Back to My Old Self” standing 3 inches taller today, taller than his wife again less than 24 hours after flat back surgery correction.

Posted by Dr. Lloyd Hey

I stopped by to see Erik and his wife from Kentucky this afternoon in their private hospital room here at Duke Raleigh Hospital, where he has been since being transferred from PACU yesterday afternoon (no ICU needed). Yesterday, I performed...

Sep 15 1

36 yo gentleman from Kentucky sp adolescent scoliosis instrumentation and fusion down t L4 w severe flat back syndrome fixed today

Posted by Dr. Lloyd Hey

Procedure: anterior L45, L5S1 ALIF instrumentation and fusion, then posterior Smith Peterson osteotomies w extension instrumentation and fusion down to ilium. Surgical time: 90 minutes anterior, then 5 hour ad 10 min posterior. Lordosis flat back correction: excellent. EBL: 2100...

Sep 12 Comments Off

Debra and her husband tell their story of new life after scoliosis surgery.

Posted by Dr. Lloyd Hey

We had the pleasure to see Debra and her husband back for follow-up one year after her T4-Iliac wing complex scoliosis reconstruction I performed last year. She looks and feels great, and too a minute to also share her story...