Dr. Brian Andrew O'shaughnessy MD
Neurosurgeon
2011 Murphy Ave Suite 301 Nashville TN, 37203About
Dr. Brian O'shaughnessy practices Neurological Surgery in Saint Louis, MO. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. O'shaughnessy 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
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine 2002
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Lumbosacropelvic junction reconstruction resulting in early ambulation for patients with lumbosacral neoplasms or osteomyelitis.
- Surgical strategies for vertebral osteomyelitis and epidural abscess.
- A novel approach to sagittal balance restoration following iatrogenic sacral fracture and resulting sacral kyphotic deformity. Technical note.
- Measuring, preserving, and restoring sagittal spinal balance.
- Reversal of neurologic deterioration after vertebral column resection by spinal cord untethering and duraplasty.
- Abdominal complications following kyphosis correction in ankylosing spondylitis.
- Predicting the outcome of selective thoracic fusion in false double major lumbar "C" cases with five- to twenty-four-year follow-up.
- Metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor to the thoracic and lumbar spine: first reported case and surgical treatment.
- Renin-angiotensin system inhibitors and troponin elevation in spinal surgery.
- Spinal Implant Density and Postoperative Lumbar Lordosis as Predictors for the Development of Proximal Junctional Kyphosis in Adult Spinal Deformity.
Treatments
- Qlink
- Spondylolisthesis
- Stroke
- Back Pain
- Scoliosis
- Pinched Nerve
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Herniated Disc
- Birth Defects
- Spinal Stenosis
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