June 5, 1978  A clear, sunny day just like today. A day I will never forget. From a care free teenager one minute, to a teenager bleeding severely on the street, clenching my left leg crushed beyond recognition. I cried...

Stuart just finished up his exams at college, and came in to get his scoliosis fixed the next day. I performed his surgery as usual over at Duke Raleigh Hospital next to Hey Clinic, in North Raleigh. Our new high...

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...