Dr. Alan M. Scarrow M.D.
Neurosurgeon
1965 S Fremont Ave Suite 130 Springfield MO, 65804Rating
3/5
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Dr. Alan Scarrow practices Neurological Surgery in Springfield, MO. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Scarrow 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.
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Thyroid carcinoma with isolated spinal metastasis: case history and review of the literature.
- Recurrent trigeminal neuralgia attributable to veins after microvascular decompression.
- Outcome analysis of endoscopic III ventriculostomy.
- Glioblastoma multiforme of the conus medullaris.
- Metastatic prostate adenocarcinoma of the dura mater.
- Microvascular decompression in the treatment of hypertension: review and update.
- Physician reimbursement under Medicare.
- Tort reform: alternative models.
- Reversible ischemia determined by xenon-enhanced CT after 90 minutes of complete basilar artery occlusion.
- Meningioma associated with chronic subdural hematoma.
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