Dr. John Clifton Wellons MD
Neurosurgeon
619 19th Street South Birmingham AL, 35233About
Dr. John Wellons practices Neurological Surgery in Birmingham, AL. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Wellons 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
Univ of Ms Sch of Med, Jackson Ms 1995
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A simple and safe technique for endoscopic third ventriculocisternostomy.
- Anesthetic effects on cerebral metabolic rate predict histologic outcome from near-complete forebrain ischemia in the rat.
- Extracellular superoxide dismutase overexpression improves behavioral outcome from closed head injury in the mouse.
- Asymmetry of tonsillar ectopia in Chiari I malformation.
- Dolichoodontoid in a pediatric patient.
- Sagittal synostosis in twin girls.
- Cortical representation of Hering's nerve: a possible anatomical pathway for seizure cessation following electrical stimulation.
- Hemangioma of the transverse sinus.
- Chorda dorsalis.
- Occipital encephalocele, lipomeningomyelocele, and Chiari I malformation: case report and review of the literature.
- Hemihypertrophy and the Chiari I malformation.
- Unilateral lambdoidal synostosis with mendosal suture involvement.
- Pediatric high-grade gliomas.
- Cranial deformation.
- Split cord malformation and situs inversus totalis: case report and review of the literature.
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