Dr. Wayne Z Burkhead M.D.
Orthopedist
9301 N Central Expy Suite 400 Dallas TX, 75231Rating
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Dr. Wayne Burkhead is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Dallas, TX. Dr. Burkhead specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Burkhead 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.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Nonoperative treatment of rotator cuff tears.
- Tendon ruptures about the shoulder.
- Revision surgery after failed subacromial decompression.
- Results of decompression and rotator cuff repair in patients 65 years old and older: 6- to 14-year follow-up.
- Technique for repair of the subscapularis tendon.
- Glenoid resurfacing in shoulder arthroplasty.
- Treatment of instability of the shoulder with an exercise program.
- Old unreduced posterior sternoclavicular dislocation and coracoid impingement.
- Shoulder arthritis in the young adult: arthroscopy to arthroplasty.
- Arthroscopic ulnohumeral arthroplasty for degenerative arthritis of the elbow in patients under fifty years of age.
- Humeral hemiarthroplasty with biologic resurfacing of the glenoid for
- Functional outcomes after total claviculectomy as a salvage procedure. A series of six cases.
- Four-part proximal humerus fractures: evaluation and treatment.
- Arthroscopic repair of full-thickness tears of the rotator cuff in patients younger than 40 years.
- Humeral hemiarthroplasty with biologic resurfacing of the glenoid for glenohumeral arthritis. Surgical technique.
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