Dr. Thomas C Shives M.D.
Orthopedist | Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery
200 1st St SW Rochester MN, 55905Rating
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About
Dr. Thomas Shives is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Rochester, MN. Dr. Shives specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Shives 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
Univ Of Ia Coll Of Med- Iowa City Ia 1974
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 1974
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Primary vertebral osteosarcoma: imaging findings.
- Enterocutaneous fistula complicating total hip arthroplasty. A case report.
- Physician broadcaster gets good reception.
- Arthroscopic technique for treatment of synovial chondromatosis of the glenohumeral joint.
- Oncogenic osteomalacia: localization of underlying peripheral mesenchymal tumors with use of Tc 99m sestamibi scintigraphy.
- Synovial chondromatosis of the foot and ankle.
- Solitary congenital fibromatosis (infantile myofibromatosis) of bone.
- Multicentric giant cell tumor of the upper extremities: 16 years of ongoing disease.
- Soft tissue sarcoma. Integration of brachytherapy, resection, and external irradiation.
- Metastatic bone disease. A study of the surgical treatment of 166 pathologic humeral and femoral fractures.
- Aggressive fibromatosis of the plantar aspect of the foot. A case report.
- Wedge resection of the symphysis pubis for the treatment of osteitis pubis.
- Adamantinoma of the radius. A case report.
- Vascularized bone transfer for limb salvage and reconstruction after resection of aggressive bone lesions.
- Second malignancies in patients surviving osteosarcoma.
Treatments
- Pain
- Leg Ulcer
Professional Memberships
- Member Minnesota Medical Association/Zumbro Valley
Fellowships
- Fellow - Orthopedic Oncology: Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
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