Dr. Neill Marshall Wright MD
Neurosurgeon
4921 Parkview Pl Spine Center 6b Saint Louis MO, 63110About
Dr. Neill Wright practices Neurological Surgery in Saint Louis, MO. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Wright 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
Univ of Ca, Los Angeles, Ucla Sch of Med, Los Angeles Ca 1993
University of California 1993
Harvard Medical School 1985
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Thoracoscopic intradiscal spine fusion using a minimally invasive gene-therapy technique.
- Symptomatic intraosseous synovial cyst in the cervical spine: a case report.
- Posterior C2 fixation using bilateral, crossing C2 laminar screws: case series and technical note.
- Bone morphogenetic proteins and spinal fusion.
- Translaminar rigid screw fixation of the axis. Technical note.
- Pediatric atlantoaxial fixation with bilateral, crossing C-2 translaminar screws. Technical note.
- Resection of a giant anterior sacral meningocele via an anterior approach: case report and review of literature.
- Pneumocephalus after a lumbar epidural steroid injection.
- Anatomic considerations for the placement of C2 laminar screws.
- Techniques of posterior C1-C2 stabilization.
- The epidemiology of hematogenous vertebral osteomyelitis: a cohort study in a tertiary care hospital.
- Seven years of experience with C2 translaminar screw fixation: clinical series and review of the literature.
- The impact of prebiopsy antibiotics on pathogen recovery in hematogenous vertebral osteomyelitis.
- Polyethylene glycol hydrogel spinal sealant (DuraSeal Spinal Sealant) as an adjunct to sutured dural repair in the spine: results of a prospective, multicenter, randomized controlled study.
- Symptomatic thoracic spinal cord herniation: case series and technical report.
Awards
- Listed in Best Doctors in America, 2007-2013 (Best Doctors, Inc.) Disc
Treatments
- Spondylolisthesis
- Neck Pain
- Pinched Nerve
- Herniated Disc
- Birth Defects
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
Fellowships
- Clinical Fellowship: Spinal Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center & UCLA Medical School, Los Angeles, CA 2001
- Research Fellow: Bone and Mineral Disease, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 1999
- Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis Missouri
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