Dr. Patrick W Hitchon MD
Neurosurgeon
200 Hawkins Dr Iowa City IA, 52242Rating
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About
Dr. Patrick Hitchon practices Neurological Surgery in Iowa City, IA. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Hitchon 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.
Education and Training
Govt. Dental College, Bangalore University, India 1974
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Biomechanical studies on two anterior thoracolumbar implants in cadaveric spines.
- Biomechanical studies of a dynamized anterior thoracolumbar implant.
- Spinal stability with anterior or posterior ray threaded fusion cages.
- In vitro biomechanical analysis of three anterior thoracolumbar implants.
- A biomechanical comparison between anterior and transverse interbody fusion cages.
- Comparison of the biomechanics of hydroxyapatite and polymethylmethacrylate vertebroplasty in a cadaveric spinal compression fracture model.
- In vitro biomechanical studies of an anterior thoracolumbar implant.
- In vitro biomechanical comparison of pedicle screws, sublaminar hooks, and sublaminar cables.
- Brachytherapy for malignant recurrent and untreated gliomas.
- Biomechanical testing of anterior and posterior thoracolumbar instrumentation in the cadaveric spine. Invited submission from the Joint Section Meeting on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, March 2004.
- Biomechanical studies of an artificial disc implant in the human cadaveric spine.
- Response of intractable pain to continuous intrathecal morphine: a retrospective study.
- In vitro biomechanical comparison of transpedicular versus translaminar C-2 screw fixation in C2-3 instrumentation.
- Biomechanical comparison of single- and dual-lead pedicle screws in cadaveric spine.
- Biomechanical rigidity of cadaveric cervical spine with posterior versus combined posterior and anterior instrumentation.
Treatments
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Herniated Disc
- Spinal Stenosis
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
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