Dr. Theodore John Choma MD
Orthopedist
1100 Virginia Ave Columbia MO, 65212Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Theodore Choma is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Columbia, MO. Dr. Choma specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Choma 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
Eastern Virginia Medical School 1992
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Biomechanics of long segment fixation: hook patterns and rod strain.
- Is it safer to place pedicle screws in the lower thoracic spine than in the upper lumbar spine?
- Paraganglioma presenting as metastatic lesion in a cervical vertebra: a case report and review of the literature.
- What to disclose? Revisiting informed consent.
- Epidural steroids for lumbar disc herniation: what can SPORT tell us?: Commentary on an article by Kristen Radcliff, MD, et al.: "The impact of epidural steroid injections on the outcomes of patients treated for lumbar disc herniation. A subgroup ana
- Surgical strategies to improve fixation in the osteoporotic spine: the effects of tapping, cement augmentation, and screw trajectory.
- Finite element analysis of Stryker Xia pedicle screw in artificial bone samples with and without supplemental cement augmentation.
- Does a Syrinx Matter for Return to Play in Contact Sports? A Case Report and Evidence-Based Review of Return-to-Play Criteria After Transient Quadriplegia.
- Management of the Elderly With Vertebral Compression Fractures.
- Surgical Management of Spinal Conditions in the Elderly Osteoporotic Spine.
- Improving Patient Satisfaction Through Computer-Based Questionnaires.
- Patient satisfaction in musculoskeletal medicine.
- Iliac osteomyelitis in the newborn presenting as nonspecific musculoskeletal sepsis.
- Tendon repair by laser welding: a histologic and biomechanical comparison and suture repair with CO2 and argon lasers.
Treatments
- Spondylolisthesis
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Scoliosis
- Pinched Nerve
- Herniated Disc
- Pain
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
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