Dr. Leesa M Galatz MD
Orthopedist
4921 Parkview Pl Suite A And B 6th Fl Saint Louis MO, 63110About
Dr. Leesa Galatz is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Saint Louis, MO. Dr. Galatz specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Galatz 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
Mechanical Engineering 1993
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair: transition from mini-open to all-arthroscopic.
- Anatomic evaluation of the subcoracoid pectoralis major transfer in human cadavers.
- Elbow instability: treatment strategies and emerging concepts.
- Arthroscopic treatment of post-traumatic elbow contracture.
- Transitioning to arthroscopic rotator cuff repair: the pros and cons.
- The posterior branch of the axillary nerve: an anatomic study.
- Delayed repair of tendon to bone injuries leads to decreased biomechanical properties and bone loss.
- The efficacy of ultrasound in the diagnosis of long head of the biceps tendon pathology.
- Management of elbow osteoarthritis.
- Characteristics of the rat supraspinatus tendon during tendon-to-bone healing after acute injury.
- Nicotine delays tendon-to-bone healing in a rat shoulder model.
- Ultrasound evaluation and clinical correlation of subscapularis repair after total shoulder arthroplasty.
- Shoulder arthroplasty in sickle cell patients with humeral head avascular necrosis.
- Outcomes after percutaneous reduction and fixation of proximal humeral fractures.
- Decreased muscle loading delays maturation of the tendon enthesis during postnatal development.
Treatments
- Arthritis
- Osteoarthritis
- Frozen Shoulder
- Rotator Cuff Syndrome
- Pain
- Rotator Cuff Tear
- Tennis Elbow
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