Dr. Charles Leon Branch MD
Neurosurgeon
505 Parnassus Ave # M-1202 San Francisco CA, 94143About
Dr. Charles Branch practices Neurological Surgery in San Francisco, CA. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Branch prevents, diagnoses, evaluates, and treats disorders of the autonomic, peripheral, and central nervous systems. Neurological Surgeons are trained to treat such disorders as spinal canal stenosis, herniated discs, tumors, fractures, and spinal deformities, among many others.
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Anterior cervical fusion: the case for fusion without plating.
- Observations in a case of hydrocephalus treated with diamox.
- Spontaneous activity of Betz cells in cats with midbrain lesions.
- Inhibition of Betz cell activity by thalamic and cortical stimulation.
- Posterior lumbar interbody fusion in the treatment of symptomatic spinal stenosis.
- Stereotactic radiosurgery. A review of "gamma knife" and "linac knife" technology and the unit at the Wake Forest University Medical Center.
- Posterior lumbar interbody fusion with bioabsorbable spacers and local autograft in a series of 27 patients.
- Spinal pseudomeningoceles and cerebrospinal fluid fistulas.
- Postoperative Level 1 anticoagulation therapy and spinal surgery: practical guidelines for management.
- Cervical osteomyelitis: a brief review.
- Thoracic disk herniation.
- Review of 31 cases of anterior thoracolumbar fixation with the anterior thoracolumbar locking plate system.
- The lumbar degenerative disc: confusion, mechanics, management.
- Evidence-based medicine: raising the bar.
- Neurosurgery and spine: a vital synergy.
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