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  • <30* at maturity but surgery due to progression a few years later

    http://drlloydhey.blogspot.com/2013/...e-who-had.html

    Seems like the brace only delayed the progression given she stated progressing again once she stopped wearing the brace at maturity.

    Also, this obviously goes against the paradigm that 30* is protective against progression to surgical levels.

    Unbelievably, less than eight weeks post that surgery, she competed at the 2012 US Olympic Swim Team Trials for a spot on the US Olympic Swim Team that competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
    That's something!
    Sharon, mother of identical twin girls with scoliosis

    No island of sanity.

    Question: What do you call alternative medicine that works?
    Answer: Medicine


    "We are all African."

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    Remember that nothing is 100%. She could be 1 out of100 or 99 out of 100. :-)

    --Linda
    Never argue with an idiot. They always drag you down to their level, and then they beat you with experience. --Twain
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    Surgery 2/10/93 A/P fusion T4-L3
    Surgery 1/20/11 A/P fusion L2-sacrum w/pelvic fixation

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    • #3
      Originally posted by LindaRacine View Post
      Remember that nothing is 100%. She could be 1 out of100 or 99 out of 100. :-)

      --Linda
      Good point.
      Sharon, mother of identical twin girls with scoliosis

      No island of sanity.

      Question: What do you call alternative medicine that works?
      Answer: Medicine


      "We are all African."

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      • #4
        Check out the backbend!

        On the Right side of Dr. Hey's blog is another entry: Sabrina's backbend. Totally awesome!
        Susan
        Adult Onset Degen Scoliosis @65, 25* T & 36* L w/ 11.2 cm coronal balance; T kyphosis 90*; Sev disc degen T & L stenosis

        2013: T3- S1 Fusion w/ ALIF L4-S1/XLIF L2-4, PSF T4-S1 2 surgeries
        2014: Hernia @ ALIF repaired; Emergency screw removal SCI T4,5 sec to PJK
        2015: Rev Broken Bil T & L rods and no fusion: 2 revision surgeries; hardware P. Acnes infection
        2016: Ant/Lat Lumbar diskectomy w/ 4 cages + BMP + harvested bone
        2018: Removal L4,5 screw
        2021: Removal T1 screw & rod

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