Dr. Richard N.w. Wohns M.D.
Neurosurgeon
1519 3rd St Se Suite 101 Puyallup WA, 98372About
Dr. Richard Wohns practices Neurological Surgery in Puyallup, WA. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Wohns 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
Yale Univ Sch of Med, New Haven Ct 1977
Yale School of Medicine 1977
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Prophylactic phenytoin in severe head injuries.
- Prophylactic phenytoin in severe head injuries.
- What is a "fair salary" for a surgical subspecialist?
- Best Practices for Outpatient Anterior Cervical Surgery: Results From a Delphi Panel.
- Phenytoin and acute mountain sickness on Mount Everest.
- Effect of high altitude on the visual evoked responses in humans on Mt. Everest.
- Transient ischemic attacks at high altitude.
- Cerebral etiology of acute mountain sickness: a case report.
- The role of dilantin in the prevention of pulmonary edema associated with cerebral hypoxia.
- High altitude cerebral edema: a pathophysiological review.
- Spinal epidural neoplasia. A 15-year review of the results of surgical therapy.
- A first medical glimpse into the regions around Annapurna.
Treatments
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Spondylolisthesis
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Pinched Nerve
- Herniated Disc
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
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