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Dr. Rick C. Sasso M.D.
Orthopedist | Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
8402 Harcourt Rd Suite 400 Indianapolis IN, 46260About
Dr. Rick Sasso is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Indianapolis, IN. Dr. Sasso specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Sasso 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
In Univ Sch of Med, Indianapolis In 1986
Indiana University School of Medicine 1986
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- C2 dens fractures: treatment options.
- Early reconstruction failures after multilevel cervical corpectomy.
- Retrograde ejaculation after anterior lumbar interbody fusion: transperitoneal versus retroperitoneal exposure.
- Diagnosis and management of thoracolumbar spine fractures.
- Diagnosis and management of sacral spine fractures.
- The Bryan Cervical Disc: wear properties and early clinical results.
- Iliac crest bone graft donor site pain after anterior lumbar interbody fusion: a prospective patient satisfaction outcome assessment.
- Cervical osteotomy for the correction of chin-on-chest deformity in ankylosing spondylitis. Technical note.
- Minimally invasive, endoscopic, internal thoracoplasty for the treatment of scoliotic rib hump deformity: technical note.
- Selective nerve root injections can predict surgical outcome for lumbar and cervical radiculopathy: comparison to magnetic resonance imaging.
- The evolution of spinal instrumentation for the management of occipital cervical and cervicothoracic junctional injuries.
- Efficacy of translaminar facet screw fixation in circumferential interbody fusions as compared to pedicle screw fixation.
- Resorptive response of rhBMP2 simulating infection in an anterior lumbar interbody fusion with a femoral ring.
- Success and safety in outpatient microlumbar discectomy.
Clinical Trials
Treatments
- Pain
Dr. Rick C. Sasso M.D.'s Practice location
Practice At 8402 Harcourt Rd Suite 400
8402 Harcourt Rd Suite 400 -Indianapolis, IN 46260Get Direction
Practice At 13225 N Meridian St
13225 N Meridian St -Carmel, IN 46032Get Direction
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