Dr. Thomas E Kuivila MD
Orthopedist
9500 Euclid Ave Cleveland OH, 44195Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Thomas Kuivila is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Cleveland, OH. Dr. Kuivila specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Kuivila 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
Or Hlth Sci Univ Sch of Med, Portland Or 1983
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine 1983
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Pediatric elbow and forearm fractures requiring surgical treatment.
- Serum lidocaine and bupivacaine levels in local technique knee arthroscopy.
- Diagnosis of acute rupture of the quadriceps tendon by magnetic resonance imaging. A case report.
- Congenital clubfoot. Etiology, pathoanatomy, pathogenesis, and the changing spectrum of early management.
- Balloon Kyphoplasty for Managing Intractable Pain in Pediatric Pathologic Vertebral Fractures.
- Cost analysis of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery: early discharge decreases hospital costs much less than intraoperative variables under the control of the surgeon.
- Heparinized materials for control of the formation of the laminectomy membrane in experimental laminectomies in dogs.
- Successful staged surgical correction of congenital segmental spinal dysgenesis and complete rotary subluxation of the thoracolumbar spine in an infant.
- Intraosseous ganglion in a 6-year-old boy.
- Graft fixation strength with arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Two-incision rear entry technique compared with one-incision technique.
- Superficial venous thrombosis presenting as a painful popliteal fossa mass in a child.
Treatments
- Scoliosis
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