I bet this was painful to heal up from.
Gabby, 16, was diagnosed with double scoliosis – an abnormal curvature of both the top and bottom sections of the spine – six years ago. Hoping to avoid surgery, Gabby tried several alternative treatments, including physical therapy, chiropractic therapy and acupuncture. Unfortunately, despite these efforts, her condition severely worsened to nearly 80 percent curvature both on the top and bottom of her spine.
“If gone unchecked, this condition could collapse the space around Gabby’s heart and lungs,” her father, Tony, says.
While Gabby and her parents were considering whether surgery might be the next step, Gabby’s grandmother, Omi, chimed in with a possible solution she saw on an episode of The Doctors. During the episode, a young man named Kyle, who was around Gabby’s age and also had been suffering from severe scoliosis, revealed the astonishing results of a corrective surgery he underwent with orthopedic surgeon Dr. Hooman Melamed.
“I got on the phone immediately and said, ‘Tony, you’ve got to check this out. There’s a doctor that can take care of Gabby,’” Omi recalls.
The family reached out to Dr. Melamed for a consultation and decided to proceed with his recommended surgery. The complex procedure took more than nine hours and involved breaking the spine, installing several screws into the bones and manually straightening each curvature. Dr. Melamed then fused the spine using rods to anchor it and provide support.
Gabby, 16, was diagnosed with double scoliosis – an abnormal curvature of both the top and bottom sections of the spine – six years ago. Hoping to avoid surgery, Gabby tried several alternative treatments, including physical therapy, chiropractic therapy and acupuncture. Unfortunately, despite these efforts, her condition severely worsened to nearly 80 percent curvature both on the top and bottom of her spine.
“If gone unchecked, this condition could collapse the space around Gabby’s heart and lungs,” her father, Tony, says.
While Gabby and her parents were considering whether surgery might be the next step, Gabby’s grandmother, Omi, chimed in with a possible solution she saw on an episode of The Doctors. During the episode, a young man named Kyle, who was around Gabby’s age and also had been suffering from severe scoliosis, revealed the astonishing results of a corrective surgery he underwent with orthopedic surgeon Dr. Hooman Melamed.
“I got on the phone immediately and said, ‘Tony, you’ve got to check this out. There’s a doctor that can take care of Gabby,’” Omi recalls.
The family reached out to Dr. Melamed for a consultation and decided to proceed with his recommended surgery. The complex procedure took more than nine hours and involved breaking the spine, installing several screws into the bones and manually straightening each curvature. Dr. Melamed then fused the spine using rods to anchor it and provide support.
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