Dr. James S. Harrop M.D.
Neurosurgeon
909 Walnut St 2nd Floor Philadelphia PA, 19107Rating
4/5
About
Dr. James Harrop practices Neurological Surgery in Philadelphia, PA. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Harrop 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
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University 1995
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The cause of neurologic deterioration after acute cervical spinal cord injury.
- Acute respiratory compromise associated with flexed cervical traction after C2 fractures.
- The metabolic and hormonal response to glucagon. Part 1. Normal subjects.
- The metabolic and hormonal response to glucagon. Part 2. In patients with migraine.
- Primary and secondary osteoporosis' incidence of subsequent vertebral compression fractures after kyphoplasty.
- Incidence of vertebral artery thrombosis in cervical spine trauma: correlation with severity of spinal cord injury.
- Epidemiology of spinal cord injury after acute odontoid fractures.
- Closed management of displaced Type II odontoid fractures: more frequent respiratory compromise with posteriorly displaced fractures.
- Efficacy of anterior odontoid screw fixation in elderly patients with Type II odontoid fractures.
- Use of an osteoconductive agent (Norian) in anterior surgical management of odontoid fractures. Technical note.
- Central cord injury: pathophysiology, management, and outcomes.
- Acute cervical osteomyelitis and prevertebral abscess after routine tonsillectomy.
- Clinical outcomes of 90 isolated unilateral facet fractures, subluxations, and dislocations treated surgically and nonoperatively.
- Acute cervical fracture or congenital spinal deformity?
- Adult degenerative scoliosis: a review.
Clinical Trials
Treatments
- Spondylolisthesis
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Scoliosis
- Pinched Nerve
- Herniated Disc
- Birth Defects
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
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