Dr. Frank L. Acosta M.D.
Neurosurgeon
1520 San Pablo St Suite 3800 Los Angeles CA, 90033Rating
4/5
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Dr. Frank Acosta practices Neurological Surgery in Los Angeles, CA. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Acosta 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
Doctor of Medicine,Louisiana State University Health Science Center, Shreveport, La 2002
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Biomechanical comparison of posterior lumbar interbody fusion and transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion performed at 1 and 2 levels.
- Biomechanical analysis of a newly designed bioabsorbable anterior cervical plate. Invited submission from the joint section meeting on disorders of the spine and peripheral nerves, March 2005.
- Coblation of spinal endplates in preparation for interbody spinal fusion.
- Human disc nucleus properties and vertebral endplate permeability.
- Predicting ideal spinopelvic balance in adult spinal deformity.
- Changes in coronal and sagittal plane alignment following minimally invasive direct lateral interbody fusion for the treatment of degenerative lumbar disease in adults: a radiographic study.
- Techniques for operative correction of proximal junctional kyphosis of the upper thoracic spine.
- Porcine intervertebral disc repair using allogeneic juvenile articular chondrocytes or mesenchymal stem cells.
- Complications and outcomes after spinal deformity surgery in the elderly: review of the existing literature and future directions.
- Implications of the center of rotation concept for the reconstruction of anterior column lordosis and axial preloads in spinal deformity surgery.
- Differences in treatments and outcomes for idiopathic scoliosis patients treated in the United States from 1998 to 2007: impact of socioeconomic variables and ethnicity.
- CT navigated lateral interbody fusion.
- Assessment of outcome following the use of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 for spinal fusion in the elderly population.
- Novel application of pre-operative vertebral body embolization to reduce intraoperative blood loss during a three-column spinal osteotomy for non-oncologic spinal deformity.
- Evaluation of Effect of Weekend Admission on the Prevalence of Hospital-Acquired Conditions in Patients Receiving Cervical Fusions.
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