Dr. Dennis James Rivet M.D.
Neurosurgeon
1250 E Marshall Street Neurosurgery Richmond VA, 23298About
Dr. Dennis Rivet practices Neurological Surgery in Richmond, VA. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Rivet 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.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Large cell/anaplastic medulloblastomas and medullomyoblastomas: clinicopathological and genetic features.
- Clinical outcomes and complications associated with pedicle screw fixation-augmented lumbar interbody fusion.
- Moyamoya disease in adults: the role of cerebral revascularization.
- Pipeline Embolization Device for treatment of high cervical and skull base
- Disruption of p53 function sensitizes breast cancer MCF-7 cells to cisplatin and pentoxifylline.
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