Perth woman Kaye Burrows one of the first Australians to undergo new type of back surgery
Published 8 September 2018 2:00AM
By Cathy O’Leary for The West Australian
The 72-year-old Canning Vale woman was so stooped over with a scoliosis deformity that her rib cage touched her pelvis. But a new type of surgery, which involved dozens of screws and rods being inserted into her back with mechanical precision, has been life-changing.
Mrs Burrows is one of the first West Australians to have the procedure, which was performed by spine surgeon Paul Taylor at Mount Hospital.