Dr. Richard Gregory Perrin MD
Neurosurgeon
1455 Montego Street Suite 200 Walnut Creek CA, 94598Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Richard Perrin practices Neurological Surgery in Walnut Creek, CA. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Perrin 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
Queen's University Faculty of Health Sciences 1997
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Metastatic tumors of the axial spine.
- The relations between social support, life stress, and quality of life following spinal decompression surgery.
- The etiology of syringomyelia in association with lesions of the foramen magnum.
- Thoracic spine tumors.
- Tension pneumoventricle after placement of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt: a novel treatment strategy. Case report.
- The role and timing of early decompression for cervical spinal cord injury: update with a review of recent clinical evidence.
- Evaluation and treatment of spinal metastases: an overview.
- Cordectomy for the treatment of posttraumatic syringomyelia. Report of four cases and review of the literature.
- The timing of surgical intervention in the treatment of spinal cord injury: a systematic review of recent clinical evidence.
- Use of osteogenic protein-1 in patients at high risk for spinal pseudarthrosis: a prospective cohort study assessing safety, health-related quality of life, and radiographic fusion. Invited submission from the Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine
- Metastatic tumors of the cervical spine.
- Traumatic craniocervical dissociation.
- Experience with Ommaya reservoir in 120 consecutive patients with meningeal malignancy.
- Complications associated with Ommaya reservoirs in patients with cancer. The Princess Margaret Hospital experience and a review of the literature.
Treatments
- Stroke
- Cerebrovascular Disease
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