Dr. Edward Thomas Chappell MD
Neurosurgeon
16702 VALLEY VIEW AVE LA MIRADA CA, 90638About
Dr. Edward Chappell practices Neurological Surgery in Santa Ana, CA. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Chappell prevents, diagnoses, evaluates, and treats disorders of the autonomic, peripheral, and central nervous systems. Neurological Surgeons are trained to treat such disorders as spinal canal stenosis, herniated discs, tumors, fractures, and spinal deformities, among many others.
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Clinical presentation, radiological findings, and treatment results of coccidioidomycosis involving the spine: report on 23 cases.
- Pharmacological therapy after acute cervical spinal cord injury.
- Frameless stereotaxy to facilitate anterolateral thoracolumbar surgery: technique.
- Fluoroscopic image guidance for minimally invasive extraction of a bullet from the gluteus maximus.
- Management of coagulopathy in the setting of acute neurosurgical disease and injury.
- GORE PRECLUDE MVP dura substitute applied as a nonwatertight "underlay" graft for craniotomies: product and technique evaluation.
- Spontaneous subdural hematoma in the setting of immune thrombocytopenia complicated by ischemic infarcts.
- Retinal transplants and optic nerve bridges: possible strategies for visual recovery as a result of trauma or disease.
- Recovery of function after brain damage: the chronic consequence of large neocortical injuries.
- Peripheral nerve implantation into a penetrating lesion of the eye: stimulation of the damaged retina.
- Spontaneous acute subdural hematoma precipitated by cocaine abuse: case report.
Treatments
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Spine Surgery, Back Pain And More
Professional Memberships
- Member MemorialCare Physician Society
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