Dr. Eric Howard Franks M.D.
Orthopedist
1675 Woodbrooke Drive Salisbury MD, 21804About
Dr. Eric Franks is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Salisbury, MD. Dr. Franks specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Franks 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
Mechanical Engineering 1986
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS- Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Modification of a three-way tap.
- Anaesthesia for intranasal and intra-oral operations in adults; trial of a technique based on intravenous pethidine.
- A hazard in the use of the Beaver pulmonary ventilator.
- Red cellaggregation in dextrose solutions.
- Thiopentone followed by nitrous oxide and oxygen for anaesthetizing outpatients.
Treatments
- Torn Meniscus
- Arthritis
- Osteoarthritis
- Frozen Shoulder
- Rotator Cuff Syndrome
- Pain
- Rotator Cuff Tear
- Patellar Tendonitis
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