Dr. Robert W Gaines M.D.
Orthopedist | Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
1 S Keene St Columbia MO, 65201Rating
3/5
About
Dr. Robert Gaines is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Columbia, MO. Dr. Gaines specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Gaines 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.
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Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Possible complications of anterior perforation of the vertebral body using cervical pedicle screws.
- Flatback deformity--diagnosis and treatment.
- The accuracy of pedicle screw placement in the thoracic spine using the "Funnel Technique": part 1. A cadaveric study.
- Thoracic pedicle screw instrumentation using the "Funnel Technique": part 2. Clinical experience.
- Repetitive vs. single transcranial electrical stimulation for intraoperative monitoring of motor conduction in spine surgery.
- Short segment bone-on-bone instrumentation for single curve idiopathic scoliosis.
- Abnormal spinal anatomy in 27 cases of surgically corrected spondyloptosis: proximal sacral endplate damage as a possible cause of spondyloptosis.
- L5 vertebrectomy for the surgical treatment of spondyloptosis: thirty cases in 25 years.
- Decision making in thoracolumbar fractures.
- Short segment bone-on-bone instrumentation for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a mean follow-up of six years.
- The "slide technique": an improvement on the "funnel technique" for safe pedicle screw placement in the thoracic spine.
- "Bone-οn-Bone" surgical reconstruction of moderate severity, flexible single curve adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: continuing improvements of the technique and results in three scoliosis centers after almost twenty years of use.
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