Below is an email from Alyssa, who had a very painful L5S1 annular tear that I fixed through a small anterior approach with an ALIF cage and plate a few months ago. Her Xrays and story are on earlier blog...

From: Lesley Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 00:06:42 -0400 To: "Dr. Lloyd Hey" Subject: thankyou just wanted to say thank you again for doing such a wonderful job today. I'm a little groggy, but wide awake from sleeping all day,...

Today we helped a young lady who had an unusual long R thoracic scoliosis. Her spine had severe hypokyphosis, so that the front to back diameter of her chest wall was way too thin, giving little room for lungs and...

  Got this nice note today from one of our scoliosis moms! DR. LLOYD HEY HTTP://WWW.HEYCLINIC.COM Hey Clinic for Scoliosis and Spine Surgery Raleigh, NC  USA From: Patti Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 10:34 AM To: Dr. Lloyd Hey Subject:...

I received this Blog Comment/Question today.   Joanne, Thanks for your encouraging feedback on the Blog. The Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) website is very helpful for identifying surgeons who specialize in scoliosis and reconstructive revision surgery.  The website is http://www.SRS.org....