It has been a few weeks since I have had a chance to catch up with the Spine Blog, although there has a lot of things going on, which I will try to catch up on in the next couple...

Yesterday we helped Bob, who had a degenerative scoliosis, spondylolisthesis and spinal stenosis. He is now doing great, postoperative day 1. His son is out in Seattle, and I wanted to send special greetings to you. This Blog is for...

The answer: “Not Always”. Yesterday we helped a young lady from western NC who had Harrington Rod fusion done years ago for idiopathic scoliosis. She developed back pain and flat back syndrome, and had a surgeon in Tennessee  try to...

Yesterday I received a very nice hand-written note from Jane, who I had helped with a complex scoliosis correction surgery a year ago. Her reconstruction went from T3 down to the iliac wing, with a multi-level lumbar laminectomy. I was...

The short answer is “yes.” In some cases, such as the adolescent with R thoracic curve correction with pedicle screw instrumentation, kids and young adults can go back to very active sporting activities very rapidly, often within first 2-4 weeks....