Dr. John K Stokes M.D.
Neurosurgeon
1600 W 38th St Suite 200 Austin TX, 78731Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Stokes is a board-certified neurosurgeon, fellowship-trained in spinal surgery with a practice entirely focused on spinal surgery. He has been in practice in Austin for more than seven years and has ...
Education and Training
Univ of Tx Med Sch At San Antonio, San Antonio Tx 1995
The University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio 1995
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Paraparesis in a black man brought on by ossification of the ligamentum flavum: case report and review of the literature.
- Spinal neurocysticercosis.
- Feasibility of rigid upper cervical instrumentation in children: tomographic analysis of children aged 2-6.
- Cervical total disc replacement with the Mobi-C cervical artificial disc compared with anterior discectomy and fusion for treatment of 2-level symptomatic degenerative disc disease: a prospective, randomized, controlled multicenter clinical trial: cl
- Should long-segment cervical fusions be routinely carried into the thoracic spine? A multicenter analysis.
- Is Preoperative Fibrinogen Testing Associated With Total Blood Loss in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Correction?
Clinical Trials
Treatments
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Pinched Nerve
- Herniated Disc
- Spinal Stenosis
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