Dr. Melvin D. Helgeson M.D.
Orthopedist
16000 JOHNSTON MEMORIAL DR ABINGDON VA, 24211About
Dr. Melvin Helgeson is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Bethesda, MD. Dr. Helgeson specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Helgeson 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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- Initial evaluation of the acute and chronic multiple ligament injured knee.
- Surgical treatment of acute lateral collateral ligament and posterolateral corner injuries.
- Contralateral structural femoral autograft use in treatment of an open periarticular knee fracture to perform knee arthrodesis.
- Implant migration after Bryan cervical disc arthroplasty.
- Heterotopic ossification after transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion without bone morphogenetic protein use.
- Impact of screw location and endplate preparation on pullout strength for anterior plates and integrated fixation cages.
- Traumatic Migration of the Bryan Cervical Disc Arthroplasty.
- Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes of Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion in Patients with Osteoporosis.
- Biomechanical evaluation of an integrated fixation cage during fatigue loading: a human cadaver study.
- Impact of bone quality on the performance of integrated fixation cage screws.
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