Dr. Robin John Hurlbert MD, PHD
Neurosurgeon
1501 N CAMPBELL AVE TUCSON AZ, 85724About
Dr. Robin Hurlbert practices Neurological Surgery in TUCSON, AZ. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Hurlbert 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.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Epidural analgesia for postoperative pain control following spinal surgery: paucity of evidence and need for studies.
- Differential biomechanical effects of injury and wiring at C1-C2.
- Surgical-site complications associated with a morphine nerve paste used for postoperative pain control after laminectomy.
- Methylprednisolone for acute spinal cord injury: an inappropriate standard of care.
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and bone metabolism in spinal fusion surgery: a pharmacological quandary.
- A six year review of odontoid fractures: the emerging role of surgical intervention.
- CNS injury and helmets.
- Modified Brooks posterior wiring technique for three-point C1-C2 arthrodesis.
- Transoral resection of axial lesions augmented by intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging. Report of three cases.
- The role of steroids in acute spinal cord injury: an evidence-based analysis.
- Musculoskeletal images. C3 aneurysmal bone cyst.
- Why do you prescribe methylprednisolone for acute spinal cord injury? A Canadian perspective and a position statement.
- Spinal cord injury.
- Occipitocervical reconstruction with the Ohio Medical Instruments Loop: results of a multicenter evaluation in 30 cases.
- Neuroprotection by minocycline facilitates significant recovery from spinal cord
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