Dr. Dirk H Alander MD
Orthopedist | Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
100 N ACADEMY AVE DANVILLE PA, 17822About
Dr. Dirk Alander is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Saint Louis, MO. Dr. Alander specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Alander 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
Univ of Il Coll of Med, Chicago Il 1984
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Innovations in the treatment of low back pain.
- The use of a grommet bone liner for flexible hinge implant arthroplasty of the great toe.
- An in vitro biomechanical investigation: variable positioning of leopard carbon fiber interbody cages.
- Comparative reliability of 3 thoracolumbar fracture classification systems.
- A granulomatous mass surrounding a Maverick total disc replacement causing iliac vein occlusion and spinal stenosis: a case report.
- Effect of body mass index on early outcomes of minimally invasive degenerative lumbar surgery.
- Lemierre Disease: A Case With Multilevel Epidural Abscess and Aggressive Neurological Weakness: Case Report and Literature Review.
- Gelfoam-induced acute quadriparesis after cervical decompression and fusion.
- Intermediate-term outcome of cervical spinal cord-injured patients older than 50 years of age.
- Case records of the Children's Mercy Hospital: an 18 month old with neck pain after a fall.
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