Dr. Alexander K. Powers, MD
Neurosurgeon
Medical Center Blvd Winston Salem NC, 27157About
Dr. Alexander Powers practices Neurological Surgery in San Francisco, CA. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Powers 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
USF HEALTH MORSANI COLL OF MED 2002
University of Central Florida College of Medicine 2002
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Occult dural arteriovenous fistula causing rapidly progressive conus medullaris syndrome and paraplegia after lumbar microdiscectomy.
- A review of surgical intervention in the setting of traumatic central cord syndrome.
- Concussions: What a neurosurgeon should know about current scientific evidence and management strategies.
- Head impact exposure in youth football: high school ages 14 to 18 years and cumulative impact analysis.
- Head impact exposure in youth football: elementary school ages 9-12 years and the effect of practice structure.
- Effects of cervical arthrodesis and arthroplasty on neck response during a simulated frontal automobile collision.
- Estimation of skull table thickness with clinical CT and validation with microCT.
- The use of dual growing rods to correct spinal deformity secondary to a low-grade spinal cord astrocytoma.
- Head impact exposure measured in a single youth football team during practice drills.
Treatments
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Sciatica
- Scoliosis
- Pinched Nerve
- Herniated Disc
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
- Lumecca
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