Dr. James Thomas Robertson MD
Neurosurgeon
189 Crestview Dr Brevard NC, 28712About
Dr. James Robertson practices Neurological Surgery in Brevard, NC. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Robertson 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
Georgetown University in Washington DC 1954
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The new Frenchay artificial cervical joint: results from a two-year pilot study.
- Prevention of cerebrospinal fistulae and reduction of epidural scar with new surgical hemostat device in a porcine laminectomy model.
- Effect of laser shock peening on fatigue life and surface characteristics of stainless steel cortical bone screws.
- Long-term outcome after implantation of the Prestige I disc in an end-stage indication: 4-year results from a pilot study.
- Matrix remodeling expression in anulus cells subjected to increased compressive load.
- Theriogenology question of the month. Seminoma, spermatocele, sustentacular cell tumor.
- Questions diagnosis of frenulum of the epiglottis in racehorse.
- Use of kinetic gait analysis for detection, quantification, and differentiation of hind limb lameness and spinal ataxia in horses.
- Aging affects response to cyclic tensile stretch: paradigm for intervertebral disc degeneration.
- Evaluation of survival rate and athletic ability after nonsurgical or surgical treatment of cleft palate in horses: 55 cases (1986-2008).
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