Dr. Steven L Frick MD
Orthopedist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
725 WELCH RD PALO ALTO CA, 94304About
Dr. Steven Frick is a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Charlotte, NC. Dr. Frick specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system in children. As a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Frick tends to childrens bones, ligaments, muscles, joints, nerves and tendons. Pediatric orthopaedic surgeons can treat newborns to teenagers. Some conditions Dr. Frick treats include gait abnormalities like limping, limp and spine deformities, broken bones and bone and joint infections.
Education and Training
Med Univ of Sc Coll of Med, Charleston Sc 1991
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Early surgical correction of residual hip dysplasia: the San Diego Children's Hospital approach.
- Scheuermann kyphosis.
- Scoliosis in children with anterior chest wall deformities.
- Bilateral quadriceps tendon rupture as the initial presentation of amyloidosis.
- Femoral anteversion in children with cerebral palsy. Assessment with two and three-dimensional computed tomography scans.
- Spinal osteochondroma presenting as atypical spinal curvature: a case report.
- Compartment syndrome of the leg after treatment of a femoral fracture with an early sitting spica cast. A report of two cases.
- Valgus deformity after fibular resection in children.
- Informed consent is not routinely documented for procedures using allografts.
- The Ponseti method of treatment for congenital clubfoot: importance of maximal forefoot supination in initial casting.
- Ponseti management of clubfoot in older infants.
- Evaluation of the child who has hip pain.
- Titanium elastic nailing of fractures of the femur in children. Predictors of complications and poor outcome.
- Advances in the surgical management of pediatric femoral shaft fractures.
- Impact of anaesthesia-surgery on D-dimer concentration and end-tidal CO2 and O2 in patients undergoing surgery associated with high risk for pulmonary embolism.
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