Dr. Kenneth A Pettine M.D.
Orthopedist | Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
4795 LARIMER PARKWAY JOHNSTOWN CO, 80534About
Dr. Kenneth Pettine is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Loveland, CO. Dr. Pettine specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Pettine 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
Univ of Co Sch of Med, Denver Co 1981
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Supracondylar fractures of the femur: long-term follow-up of closed versus nonrigid internal fixation.
- Spinal narcotics for postoperative analgesia in total joint arthroplasty. A prospective study.
- Association of anabolic steroids and avascular necrosis of femoral heads.
- A comparative study of ultrasonography and arthrography in evaluation of the rotator cuff.
- Percutaneous injection of autologous bone marrow concentrate cells significantly reduces lumbar discogenic pain through 12 months.
- Autologous bone marrow concentrate intradiscal injection for the treatment of degenerative disc disease with three-year follow-up.
- A previously unreported cause of pain after total knee arthroplasty.
- Osteoid-osteoma and osteoblastoma of the spine.
- Analysis of the external fixator pin-bone interface.
- Modified repair of a defect in spondylolysis or minimal spondylolisthesis by pedicle screw, segmental wire fixation, and bone grafting.
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