Dr. Steven R. Shackford M.D.
Vascular Surgeon | Vascular Surgery
550 Washington St Suite 641 San Diego CA, 92103Rating
5/5
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Dr. Steven Shackford is a vascular surgeon practicing in San Diego, CA. Dr. Shackford specializes in disorders relating to the arterial, venous and lymphatic systems. As a vascular surgeon, Dr. Shackford diagnoses and treats vascular diseases and performs vasular surgeries. Common conditions that a vascular surgeon treats are aneurysms, atherosclerosis and varicose veins. Vascular specialists might also treat trauma, venous ulcers, poor leg circulation, peripheral arterial disease and other vascular-related issues.
Education and Training
St Louis Univ Sch of Med, St Louis Mo 1973
Saint Louis University School of Medicine 1973
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- Surgical Critical Care
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Computed tomographic angiography as a screening modality for blunt cervical arterial injuries: preliminary results.
- Comparison of standard and alternative prehospital resuscitation in uncontrolled hemorrhagic shock and head injury.
- Immediate pulmonary embolism after trauma: case report.
- Do pediatric trauma centers have better survival rates than adult trauma centers? An examination of the National Pediatric Trauma Registry.
- Population-based study of hospital trauma care in a rural state without a formal trauma system.
- Chest radiographs of limited utility in the diagnosis of blunt traumatic aortic laceration.
- "How then shall we live?".
- Effect of medium tonicity and dextran on neutrophil function in vitro.
- A simple mathematical modification of TRISS markedly improves calibration.
- Improving the Glasgow Coma Scale score: motor score alone is a better predictor.
- Hypertonic saline and dextran for intraoperative fluid therapy: more for less.
- Taming of the screw: a case report and literature review of limb-threatening complications after plate osteosynthesis of a clavicular nonunion.
- Rectosigmoid ischemia following blunt abdominal trauma in a patient treated with radiation therapy: case report.
- Current trends in vena caval filtration with the introduction of a retrievable filter at a level I trauma center.
Treatments
- Concussion
- Femur Fracture
- Vascular Disease
Fellowships
- Naval Medical Center San Diego, Vascular Surgery 1981
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