Dr. Stephen S Burkhart M.D.
Orthopedist
150 E Sonterra Blvd 300 San Antonio TX, 78258About
Dr. Stephen Burkhart is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in San Antonio, TX. Dr. Burkhart specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Burkhart 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 Tx Med Branch Galveston, Galveston Tx 1976
Texas A&M University, TX 1976
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- How to switch posts without rethreading when tying half-hitches.
- Current Controversies. Point counterpoint. Labrum/biceps/cuff dysfunction in the throwing athlete.
- A stepwise approach to arthroscopic rotator cuff repair based on biomechanical principles.
- Knot security in simple sliding knots and its relationship to rotator cuff
- The pitcher's mound: a late sequela of posterior type II SLAP lesions.
- A 26-year-old woman with shoulder pain.
- Traumatic glenohumeral bone defects and their relationship to failure of arthroscopic Bankart repairs: significance of the inverted-pear glenoid and the humeral engaging Hill-Sachs lesion.
- The evolution of clinical applications of biodegradable implants in arthroscopic surgery.
- How would you treat the partially torn biceps tendon?
- Optimization of stacked half-hitch knots for arthroscopic surgery.
- Arthroscopic treatment of massive rotator cuff tears.
- SLAP lesions in the overhead athlete.
- Arthroscopic subscapularis tendon repair: Technique and preliminary results.
- Do statistics ever lie?
- The bubble sign: an arthroscopic indicator of an intratendinous rotator cuff tear.
Clinical Trials
Awards
- 2007-2011 Texas Super Doctors
Treatments
- Arthritis
- Osteoarthritis
- Frozen Shoulder
- Rotator Cuff Syndrome
- Pain
- Rotator Cuff Tear
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