Dr. Ravi Kumar Ponnappan M.D.
Orthopedist | Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
110 Roosevelt Blvd Suite 2w Marmora NJ, 08223About
Dr. Ravi Ponnappan is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Marmora, NJ. Dr. Ponnappan specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Ponnappan 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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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Gangliosides and growth factor receptor regulation.
- Epidural hematoma causing paraplegia after a fluoroscopically guided cervical nerve-root injection. A case report.
- Intervertebral disk degeneration and emerging biologic treatments.
- The molecular basis of intervertebral disc degeneration.
- Local delivery of minocycline from metal ion-assisted self-assembled complexes
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