Dr. Richard J Nasca M.D.
Orthopedist
412 Ann St Wilmington NC, 28401Rating
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About
Dr. Richard Nasca is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Wilmington, NC. Dr. Nasca specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Nasca 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
Georgetown University School of Medicine 1964
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Progression of congenital scoliosis due to hemivertebrae and hemivertebrae with bars.
- The bizarre stiff hip. Possible idiopathic chondrolysis.
- Gonococcal arthritis in a two-week-oid infant treated by arthrotomy.
- Gonococcal arthritis in a two-week-oid infant treated by arthrotomy.
- Lumbar spinal stenosis: surgical considerations.
- Defining the problems in medical malpractice.
- Tribute to our teachers.
- Evaluation of cryopreserved bone and synthetic biomaterials in promoting spinal fusion.
- Cervical radiculopathy: current diagnostic and treatment options.
- Re: "a novel alternative for removal of the AxiaLIF (TranS1) in the setting of pseudarthrosis of L5-S1".
- Minimally invasive axial presacral L5-S1 interbody fusion: two-year clinical and radiographic outcomes.
- Axial presacral lumbar interbody fusion and percutaneous posterior fixation for stabilization of lumbosacral isthmic spondylolisthesis.
- Retrospective analysis of L5-S1 axial lumbar interbody fusion (AxiaLIF): a comparison with and without the use of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2.
- Knodt rod distraction instrumentation in lumbosacral arthrodesis.
- Multiaxis cyclic biomechanical testing of Harrington, Luque, and Drummond implants.
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