Dr. Anthony John Defranzo MD
Hand Surgeon | Surgery of the Hand
MEDICAL CENTER BLVD WINSTON SALEM NC, 27157About
Dr. Anthony Defranzo is a hand surgeon practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Defranzo specializes in caring for hand, wrist and forearm problems without the option of surgery unless necessary. Many hand surgeons are also experts in diagnosing and caring for shoulder and elbow problems and tend to suggest non-surgical treatments such as hand therapy or physical therapy.
Board Certification
Plastic SurgeryAmerican Board of Plastic SurgeryABPS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Single-stage approach to skin grafting the exposed skull.
- Treatment of soft tissue defects in pediatric patients using the V.A.C. system.
- Fibrosarcoma of the sacrum in a child: management by sacral resection and reconstruction.
- Hypervascularity of the glans penis following arterialization of the dorsal vein.
- Vacuum-assisted closure for the treatment of abdominal wounds.
- Multiple modality treatment regimen in an aggressive resistant fungal hand infection: a case report.
- Adiposis dolorosa (Dercum's disease): liposuction as an effective form of treatment.
- An Algorithmic Approach to the Suspected Septic Wrist.
- Use of Integra in the Management of Complex Hand Wounds From Cancer Resection and Nonburn Trauma.
- Avulsion injuries of the external ear.
- Tympanic neurectomy for parotid inflammatory disease.
- Butterfly correction of webbed-neck deformity in Turner's syndrome.
- Inguinal lymphadenectomy and primary groin reconstruction using rectus abdominis muscle flaps in patients with penile cancer.
- Inferiorly based rectus abdominis flaps in critically ill and injured patients.
- Long-term results of arterial bypass surgery for impotence secondary to segmental vascular disease.
Dr. Anthony John Defranzo MD's Practice location
UCSF Medical Center San Francisco
505 Parnassus Ave # M-1202 -San Francisco, CA 94143Get Direction
WINSTON SALEM, NC 27157Get Direction
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