Treating Scoliosis in 2025 (Part 5/5)
(Part 5/5) I feel strongly that not every scoliosis case automatically warrants a spinal fusion. In Part 4 I reference an actual patient to explain my opinion, but it isn't just one…
Treating Scoliosis in 2025 (Part 4/5)
(Part 4/5) Fun fact about me: I love performing scoliosis surgery. It's great in the *right* setting. The sad truth is, I feel that some patients are getting "duped" into scoliosis surgery…
Treating Scoliosis in 2025 (Part 3/5)
(Part 3/5) It's time to realign new technology with our approach to treating scoliosis. Take this active scoliosis patient with severe bilateral pain and a herniated disc in addition to…
Treating Collapsing Discs vs Scoliosis: Which Comes First?
Although I always want to relieve my patient's pain as soon as possible, spine surgery is a process and you have to perform the steps in the right order for…
Two Surgeries for Twosday
Two cases for another Twosday! Working with Dr Pell on two types of surgeries. One is motion preservation and one is a spinal fusion for scoliosis deformity. Let's dive in.…
Correcting Unwanted Spine Curvature
Love your curves...unless it's your spine. Looking at this scan, when you consider the sacrum is parallel to the floor, you can see where that lower vertebrae has a slight…
Spine Surgery: Collapsing Scoliosis (Part 2/2)
(Part 2/2) I am always a big proponent of minimally invasive spine surgery when applicable. Once again I teamed up with Dr Pell, this time to treat a patient with…
Spine Surgery: Collapsing Scoliosis (Part 1/2)
(Part 1/2) Spine surgery is interesting because each surgery is unique to the patient. In this case, my patient had collapsing scoliosis where the discs actually collapsed onto a previous…
Correcting A Fractured Vertebrae & Spinal Instrumentation (Part 2/2)
(Part 2/2) When I say "cage" what do you picture? See what an actual expandable spinal cage looks like as Dr. Pell and I work to help straighten and decompress…
Correcting A Fractured Vertebrae & Spinal Instrumentation (Part 1/2)
(Part 1/2) Working with Dr. Pell to help a client with scoliosis and a fractured vertebrae whose spine pulled out of its spinal instrumentation. Fortunately, this patient is neurologically intact!…