Richard Jackson Bransford
Orthopedist | Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
Harborview Medical Center 325 9th Ave Seattle WA, 98104Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Bransford is an assistant professor of orthopaedics and sports medicine, with advanced skills in treating pediatric and adult spinal disorders and injuries. He earned his medical degree from Vanderbilt ...
Education and Training
Johns Hopkins Univ Sch of Med, Baltimore Md 1967
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Pedicle screw-based posterior dynamic stabilization in the lumbar spine.
- Infectious pin complication rates in halo vest fixators using ceramic versus metallic pins.
- Posterior fixation of the upper cervical spine: contemporary techniques.
- Risk factors for medical complication after lumbar spine surgery: a multivariate analysis of 767 patients.
- Cervical spine trauma in diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis: injury characteristics and outcome with surgical treatment.
- Risk factors for medical complication after cervical spine surgery: a multivariate analysis of 582 patients.
- Commentary.
- [Does MIS in thoracolumbar fracture care really improve outcome? ].
- Treating thoracic-disc herniations: Do we always have to go anteriorly?
- Medicaid status is associated with higher complication rates after spine surgery.
- Traumatic dural tears: what do we know and are they a problem?
- Unstaged versus staged posterior-only thoracolumbar fusions in deformity: a retrospective comparison of perioperative complications.
- Medicaid status is associated with higher surgical site infection rates after spine surgery.
- Blunt cerebrovascular injuries in association with craniocervical distraction injuries: a retrospective review of consecutive cases.
- Commentary on: "Fatal Isolated Cervical Spine Injury in a Patient with Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Case Report".
Treatments
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Corticobasal Degeneration
- Creutzfeldt-jakob Disease
Fellowships
- UW - Dept. of Rehabilitation Medicine 2003
- Westmead Children's Hospital
Richard Jackson Bransford's Practice location
Practice At Harborview Medical Center 325 9th Ave
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