Dr. Scott H. Kitchel MD
Orthopedist | Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
74b Centennial Loop Suite 100 Eugene OR, 97401About
Dr. Scott Kitchel is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Eugene, OR. Dr. Kitchel specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Kitchel 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
Or Hlth Sci Univ Sch of Med, Portland Or 1981
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine 1981
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Current treatment of gunshot wounds to the spine.
- Complications of chemonucleolysis.
- A prospective, randomized controlled clinical trial of anterior lumbar interbody fusion using a titanium cylindrical threaded fusion device.
- Techniques for aspirating bone marrow for use in spinal surgery.
- Treatment of neurogenic claudication by interspinous decompression: application of the X STOP device in patients with lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis.
- A preliminary comparative study of radiographic results using mineralized collagen and bone marrow aspirate versus autologous bone in the same patients undergoing posterior lumbar interbody fusion with instrumented posterolateral lumbar fusion.
Treatments
- Surgical Procedures, Spine Problems
- Spondylolisthesis
- Pinched Nerve
- Herniated Disc
- Pain
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
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