Dr. Curtis A Dickman MD
Neurosurgeon
2910 N 3rd Ave Phoenix AZ, 85013About
Dr. Curtis Dickman practices Neurological Surgery in Phoenix, AZ. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Dickman 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
Univ of Az Coll of Med, Tucson Az 1985
University of Arizona College of Medicine 1985
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Technique for fixating the atlantooccipital complex with a transarticular screw.
- Biportal thoracoscopic sympathectomy: surgical techniques and clinical results for the treatment of hyperhidrosis.
- Thoracoscopic resection of thoracic neurogenic tumors.
- Unilateral cervical facet dislocation: injury mechanism and biomechanical consequences.
- Thoracoscopic approaches to the thoracic spine: experience with 241 surgical procedures.
- Craniovertebral junction fixation with transarticular screws: biomechanical analysis of a novel technique.
- Transvertebral interbody cage and pedicle screw fixation for high-grade spondylolisthesis. Case report.
- Biomechanical comparison of anterolateral plate, lateral plate, and pedicle screws-rods for enhancing anterolateral lumbar interbody cage stabilization.
- Anterior lumbar interbody fusion for treatment of failed back surgery syndrome: an outcome analysis.
- Thoracoscopic placement of dual-rod instrumentation in thoracic spinal trauma.
- Novel spinal fixation.
- Biomechanical comparison of anterior versus posterior lumbar threaded interbody fusion cages.
- Atlantooccipital transarticular screw fixation for the treatment of traumatic occipitoatlantal dislocation. Technical note.
- Pars screw fixation of a hangman's fracture: technical case report.
- Unilateral cervical facet dislocation: biomechanics of fixation.
Awards
- 2012 Phoenix Super Doctors
Treatments
- Surgical Procedures, Lower Back Problems, Neurological Surgery And More
Professional Memberships
- Member American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Member International Academy of Pathology
- Member Society for Pediatric Pathology
- Fellow College of American Pathologists
- Member Arizona Society of Pathologists
- Member Arizona Medical Association
Fellowships
- University of Florida College of Medicine - Spine Fellowship 1991
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