Dr. Delmar Ralph Aitken M.D.
General Practitioner
1401 N Palm Canyon Dr Suite 103 Palm Springs CA, 92262Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Delmar Aitken is a general practitioner practicing in Palm Springs, CA. Dr. Aitken does not specialize in one area of medicine, however provides routine health care services. General practitioners typically have regular, even life-long patients who they provide health care services to. Dr. Aitken provides services including physical exams, immunizations, and diagnosing and treating multiple illnesses and injuries. General practitioners typically work in private offices and clinics and have staffs of nurses and administators.
Education and Training
Loma Linda University School of Medicine 1973
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Seroma prevention after modified radical mastectomy.
- Use of drug resistance markers to recover clonogenic tumor cells from occult metastases in host tissues.
- Radioimmunodetection of implanted tumors with gamma probe.
- Complications associated with mastectomy.
- Prevention of seromas following mastectomy and axillary dissection.
- The "pinch-off sign": a warning of impending problems with permanent subclavian catheters.
- The extent of primary melanoma excision. A re-evaluation--how wide is wide?
- Local cutaneous recurrence after conservative excision of malignant melanoma.
- Central venous access in oncology patients: the "peel-away" sheath for rapid insertion.
- The impact of prior intra-abdominal surgery on laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Treatments
- Diabetes
- Obesity
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Arthritis
- Neuropathy
- Heart Disease
- Osteoarthritis
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Peripheral Artery Disease (pad)
- Vascular Disease
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