Dr. Michael J. Patzakis M.D.
Orthopedist
1520 San Pablo St #2000 Los Angeles CA, 90033Rating
4/5
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Dr. Michael Patzakis is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Patzakis specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Patzakis 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
Ohio State University College of Medicine 1963
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Estimation of defect volume in segmental defects of the tibia and femur.
- Culture results in open wound treatment with muscle transfer for tibial osteomyelitis.
- The incidence of joint involvement with adjacent osteomyelitis in pediatric patients.
- Limb salvage for chronic tibial osteomyelitis: an outcomes study.
- Hand infections secondary to human bites.
- Management of chronic deep infection following rotator cuff repair.
- Inhibitory effects of the quinolone antibiotics trovafloxacin, ciprofloxacin, and levofloxacin on osteoblastic cells in vitro.
- Mucormycosis of the tibia: a case report and review of the literature.
- Prospective, randomized, double-blind study comparing single-agent antibiotic therapy, ciprofloxacin, to combination antibiotic therapy in open fracture wounds.
- Sepsis and osteomyelitis about the ankle joint.
- Culture results and amputation rates in high-pressure paint gun injuries of the hand.
- The use of antibiotics in open fractures.
- Osteomyelitis attributable to vancomycin-resistant enterococci.
- Gunshot femoral shaft fractures: is the current classification system reliable?
- Laboratory monitoring in pediatric acute osteomyelitis and septic arthritis.
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