Dr. Alvin H. Crawford M.D.
Orthopedist
222 Piedmont Avenue 2200 Cincinnati Oh, 45219About
Dr. Alvin Crawford is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Cincinnati, Oh. Dr. Crawford specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Crawford 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 Tn, Memphis, Coll of Med, Memphis Tn 1964
Georgetown University in Washington DC 1964
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Role of "Bovie" in spinal surgery: historical and analytical perspective.
- Early or delayed surgical treatment of supracondylar humeral fractures in children.
- Femoral shaft fractures in children: traction and casting versus elastic stable intramedullary nailing.
- Reduction versus remodeling in pediatric distal forearm fractures: a preliminary cost analysis.
- Osteogenic sarcoma of the rib: a case presentation and literature review.
- Strategic directions: the scoliosis research society initiatives for change.
- Epiphyseal stapling and recombinant human growth hormone for correction of genu valgum in children with chronic renal insufficiency.
- Orthopaedic implications in the management of pediatric vertebral and spinal cord tumors: a retrospective review.
- Position of the aorta relative to the spine in idiopathic scoliosis.
- Use of a picture archiving and communications system (PACS) and computed plain radiography in preoperative planning.
- Magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of infantile torticollis.
- Chronic atlantoaxial rotatory fixation with anterolisthesis: case report.
- The nuchal ligament restrains cervical spine flexion.
- It is what it is.
- Effectiveness of spinal release and halo-femoral traction in the management of severe spinal deformity.
Clinical Trials
Treatments
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Scoliosis
- Birth Defects
- Pain
Fellowships
- Pediatric Orthopedics, Boston Children's Hospital; Alfred I. DuPont Institute
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