Dr. David W Polly MD
Orthopedist
University Of Minnesota Physicians 2512 South 7th Stree Minneapolis MN, 55454Rating
5/5
About
Dr. David Polly is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Minneapolis, MN. Dr. Polly specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Polly tends to bones, ligaments, muscles, joints, nerves and tendons. Orthopaedic surgeons can specialize in certain areas like the hand, spine, hip, foot and ankle, shoulder and elbow or the knee.
Education and Training
Uniformed Services University of The Health Sciences,Bethesda, Md, United States 1985
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Lumbar sagittal contour after posterior interbody fusion: threaded devices alone
- In vivo accuracy of thoracic pedicle screws.
- Transfusion medicine management for reconstructive spinal repair in a patient with von Willebrand's disease and a history of heavy surgical bleeding.
- The use of interbody cage devices for spinal deformity: a biomechanical perspective.
- Advantage of pedicle screw fixation directed into the apex of the sacral promontory over bicortical fixation: a biomechanical analysis.
- Accuracy of thoracic pedicle screws in patients with and without coronal plane spinal deformities.
- Economic evaluation of bone morphogenetic protein versus autogenous iliac crest bone graft in single-level anterior lumbar fusion: an evidence-based modeling approach.
- A giant herniated disc following intradiscal electrothermal therapy.
- Hemimetameric segmental shift: a case series and review.
- Traction versus side-bending radiographs: is the proximal thoracic curve the stiffer curve in double thoracic curves?
- Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: unilateral versus bilateral disk removal--an in vivo study.
- Adapting innovative motion-preserving technology to spinal surgical practice: what should we expect to happen?
- Clinical summary statement.
- Summary statement: fusion technologies.
- Perioperative blood and blood product management for spinal deformity surgery.
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