Dr. Walter J Oakes MD
Neurosurgeon
619 19th Street South Birmingham AL, 35233Rating
3/5
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Dr. Walter Oakes practices Neurological Surgery in Birmingham, AL. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Oakes 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- Ventral brain stem compression in pediatric and young adult patients with Chiari I malformations.
- Filum terminale fusion and dural sac termination: study in 27 cadavers.
- Effect of intrauterine myelomeningocele repair on central nervous system
- The thermolabile variant of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) is not a
- The apical ligament: anatomy and functional significance.
- Genetic studies in neural tube defects. NTD Collaborative Group.
- Coccygeal pits.
- Split cord malformations in myelomeningocele patients.
- Superficial surgical landmarks for the transverse sinus and torcular herophili.
- Urological outcome of patients with cervical and upper thoracic myelomeningocele.
- The position of the conus medullaris in children with a Chiari I malformation.
- The denticulate ligament: anatomy and functional significance.
- Analysis of the posterior fossa in children with the Chiari 0 malformation.
- Sagittal suture as an external landmark for the superior sagittal sinus.
- Preliminary observations on the association between simple metopic ridging in children without trigonocephaly and the Chiari I malformation.
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