Dr. Richard K Ryu M.D.
Orthopedist
533 E Micheltorena St Suite 204 Santa Barbara CA, 93103About
Dr. Richard Ryu is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Santa Barbara, CA. Dr. Ryu specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Ryu tends to bones, ligaments, muscles, joints, nerves and tendons. Orthopaedic surgeons can specialize in certain areas like the hand, spine, hip, foot and ankle, shoulder and elbow or the knee.
Education and Training
UCSF medical school
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Percutaneous transgastric placement of esophageal stents.
- Role of TIPS as a bridge to hepatic transplantation in Budd-Chiari syndrome.
- Early failure of aortoiliac kissing stents: histopathologic correlation.
- The impact of uterine fibroid embolization on resumption of menses and ovarian function.
- Identification and implications of transgraft microleaks after endovascular repair of aortic aneurysms.
- Meniscal allograft replacement: a 1-year to 6-year experience.
- Arthroscopic approach to traumatic anterior shoulder instability.
- MR imaging in the evaluation of SLAP injuries of the shoulder: findings in 10 patients.
- Arthroscopic subacromial decompression: a clinical review.
- Biceps tendon and superior labrum injuries: decision making.
- The treatment of primary anterior shoulder dislocations.
- In Memoriam: Robert Wilson Jackson, O.C., M.D., F.R.C.S.C., Hon. F.R.C.S. (UK & Edin).
- Why my results are better.
- Revision arthroscopic Bankart repair.
- Management of the failed arthroscopic subacromial decompression: causation and treatment.
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