I just broke scrub on Julia's scoliosis surgery -- the 14 yo I talked about on this morning's blog with the large adolescent idiopathic scoliosis double curve.  Her surgery this morning went great.  Surgical time was 3 hours 50 minutes....

On hospital rounds this morning:  Our young man that we removed the huge disc at L5S1 was feeling great this morning, after suffering for 2 years with severe sciatica.  I've had a cervical disc herniation removed, which felt like an...

Did well! Dr. Lloyd Hey -- http://www.heyclinic.com

I am here at a spinal deformity course here at Washington University, in St. Louis, MO, which is sponsored by Dr. Larry Lenke and Keith Bridwell and others from Scoliosis Research Society.  This has been a very unique course, where...

Finite element analysis computer model is coming along nicely to help improve instrumentation and fusion. Sunni Wang is the PhD student on the project. Special plans for experiments this summer! Dr. Lloyd Hey -- http://www.heyclinic.com