Dr. Edmund Halbert Frank MD
Neurosurgeon
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd Portland OR, 97239About
Dr. Frank is a professor of neurological surgery and the neurological surgery department's director of medical student education. Practice Specialties: - Percutaneous endoscopic treatment of osteoprot ...
Education and Training
Univ of Cincinnati Coll of Med, Cincinnati Oh 1978
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine 1978
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- An endoscopic aneurysm clip applicator: preliminary development.
- Subdural empyema complicating cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection.
- A novel endoscopic approach to anterior odontoid screw fixation: technical note.
- The insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) I and II bind to articular cartilage via the IGF-binding proteins.
- Injurious mechanical compression of bovine articular cartilage induces chondrocyte apoptosis.
- Tissue shear deformation stimulates proteoglycan and protein biosynthesis in bovine cartilage explants.
- Cartilage tissue remodeling in response to mechanical forces.
- Transverse process fusion with bovine anorganic bone.
- Impairment of helper T-cell function following severe head injury.
- Cell-mediated immunity in severely head-injured patients: the role of suppressor lymphocytes and serum factors.
- Assessing automobile head restraint positioning in Portland, Oregon.
- Humoral and cellular immunity following severe head injury: review and current investigations.
- Impairment of helper T-cell function and lymphokine-activated killer cytotoxicity following severe head injury.
- Endoscopic treatment of spinal epidural hematoma.
- Fractures of the thoracolumbar spine sustained by soldiers in vehicles attacked by improvised explosive devices.
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- Neurological Surgery
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