
Dr. Kurt M Eichholz MD
Neurosurgeon
621 S New Ballas Rd Suite 297a Saint Louis MO, 63141About
Dr. Kurt Eichholz practices Neurological Surgery in Saint Louis, MO. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Eichholz 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
St Louis Univ Sch of Med, St Louis Mo 1999
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Comparison of anterolateral and posterior approaches in the management of thoracolumbar burst fractures.
- Is the X STOP interspinous implant a safe and effective treatment for neurogenic intermittent claudication?
- Minimally invasive spine surgery. Preface.
- The development of minimally invasive spine surgery.
- Endoscopic posterior cervical foraminotomy and discectomy.
- Minimally invasive approaches to vertebral column and spinal cord tumors.
- Minimally invasive far lateral microendoscopic discectomy for extraforaminal disc herniation at the lumbosacral junction: cadaveric dissection and technical case report.
- Minimally invasive insertion of syringosubarachnoid shunt for posttraumatic syringomyelia: technical case report.
- Inability to ventilate the lungs of a patient with tracheal anomaly and in prone position.
- Minimally invasive posterior osteotomies.
- Minimally invasive posterolateral thoracic corpectomy: cadaveric feasibility study and report of four clinical cases.
- Surgical site infection rates after minimally invasive spinal surgery.
- The technological development of minimally invasive spine surgery.
Dr. Kurt M Eichholz MD's Practice location
Practice At 621 S New Ballas Rd Suite 297a
621 S New Ballas Rd Suite 297a -Saint Louis, MO 63141Get Direction
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3655 Vista Ave -Saint Louis, MO 63110Get Direction
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