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Sacral Fracture Treated with Lumbar to Pelvis Fusion

Patient History: 69-year-old woman with intractable pelvic and back pain. She suffered a sacral fracture. She failed all conservative methods of treatment. Surgery: The patient’s lower spine and pelvis were stabilized with pedicle screws and rods. Outcome: She did very well after the surgery. There were no hospital complications. Patient was discharged home after 2…

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Hemi-vertebrae Resection

Patient History: 29-year-old male with back pain and right buttock/leg pain. He also experienced right foot numbness. His imaging revealed a congenital anomaly of the low back bone formation. The patient had what is known medically as a hemivertebra. This caused a portion of his spine to grow faster than its counterpart that created an…

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Adult Scoliosis

Patient History: 60-year-old woman with known history of idiopathic scoliosis which did not require treatment as an adolescent. She was having significant back pain and leg pain and weakness. After failure of conservative therapy, she elected for surgical scoliosis correction and stabilization. Her scoliosis measured 70 degrees for the thoracic curve and 50 degrees for…

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Adult Lady with Multiple Prior Laminectomies and Severe Kyphoscoliosis

Patient History: 73-year-old woman with back and leg pain. She experienced significant leg heaviness/weakness with walking. This patient experienced intolerance to prolonged standing or sitting which was better with laying down. She had previous multilevel lumbar decompression surgery. She experienced difficulty standing upright. Her husband noted her posture to deteriorate with constant leaning forward. Surgery:…

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Late Teenage Severe Idiopathic Scoliosis

Patient History: A 18-year-old male with severe scoliosis. Multiple family members required surgery for scoliosis correction. The patient and his family noted a substantial progression of his known scoliosis. His trunk was severely deformed with chest and low back curvature and deformity. Amazingly, the patient experienced only mild to moderate back pain in certain positions.…

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Limited Fusion in the Setting of Thoracolumbar Scoliosis and Slipped Vertebra

Patient History: 67-year-old woman with severe left leg and back pain. She was experiencing numbness and tingling in her left leg. She had suffered with these symptoms off and on for 4 years. Lifting her left leg causes significant pain in her buttocks and down the back of her leg. She experienced difficulty walking causing…

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Adult Scoliosis #2

Patient History: 68-year-old with a known history of scoliosis. She experienced 10 out of 10 back pain when standing. She experienced associated left thigh and knee pain. She found that laying down and traction helped her scoliosis pain. X-rays compared from 2010 show a 20 degree progression of both her thoracic and lumbar curvature. Additionally,…

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Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy

Patient History: 65-year-old male presented with complaints of back pain and leg weakness after a multilevel low back minimally invasive decompression. All conservative measures proved ineffective. His x-rays show collapse of lumbar spine into scoliosis. He was treated with a scoliosis correction and decompression. Approximately one year later, he noted an inability to stand upright…

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Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Patient History: 16-year-old girl with 50 degree scoliosis. Presented with 100% back pain. She had tried physical therapy and home exercise. The intensity of her back pain was increasing. Surgery: Patient underwent T3-L1 scoliosis correction and fusion. Outcome: Patient did very well with surgery. There were no hospital complications. She was discharged home after 3…

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56 Y/O Woman with Kyphosis

KYPHOSIS PATIENT DELIGHTED WITH SURGERY RESULTS, AFTER YEARS OF SUFFERING PATIENT HISTORY The patient, a lady in her 50s, came to our office having suffered for many years with back pain and a major curve (when viewed from the side) in the mid portion of her spine. She was very unhappy with her appearance due…

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