Dr. Carroll Prentiss Osgood M.D.
Neurosurgeon
501 Howard Ave Building F-3 Altoona PA, 16601About
Dr. Carroll Osgood practices Neurological Surgery in Altoona, PA. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Osgood 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.
Education and Training
JEFFERSON MED COLL-THOS JEFFERSON UNIV 1965
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Early scanning electron microscopic evaluation of microvascular maneuvers.
- Mammary-vertebral microsurgical anastomosis.
- Multiple spine fractures in ankylosing spondylitis.
- Delayed post-traumatic subdural empyema.
- Bipolar jeweler's forceps with automatic irrigation, for coagulation in microsurgery.
- Posterior fossa AVM producing hemifacial spasm: a case report.
- Posterior fossa AVM producing hemifacial spasm: a case report.
- Acute canine cerebral ischemia: a preliminary model to evaluate microvascular mammary-carotid anastomosis.
- Solitary posterior fossa plasmacytoma. Case report.
- SEM evaluation of endothelial damage following temporary middle cerebral artery occlusion in dogs.
- SEM evaluation of endothelial damage following temporary middle cerebral artery occlusion in dogs.
- Laboratory study of commonly used microvascular clips.
- Chymopapain in the treatment of ruptured lumbar discs. Preliminary experience in 48 patients.
- Microsurgical ganglionectomy for chronic pain syndromes. Technical note.
- Staged middle cerebral artery embolectomy.
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