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Local 4th grader undergoes âgroundbreakingâ surgery in Philadelphia
Pictured is Allyiah Brant, a fourth-grade student at Bright Elementary who recently underwent a groundbreaking scoliosis surgery in Philadelphia. (Submitted photos)
X-rays of Allyiah's spine are shown before and after the surgery.
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In her 11 years, one young Highland County resident has received 18 diagnoses, seen specialists at three different hospitals and spent a lot of time in relative isolation due to the pandemic. This April, Allyiah Brant traveled to Philadelphia, where she underwent vertebral body tethering surgery, a non-fusion treatment, to correct a rare form of scoliosis.