Dr. Richard Boydston North M.D.
Neurosurgeon
5051 Greenspring Ave Michel Mirowski, Md, Baltimore MD, 21209Rating
4/5
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Dr. Richard North practices Neurological Surgery in Baltimore, MD. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. North 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
Univ of Mi Med Sch, Ann Arbor Mi 1974
Board Certification
Family MedicineAmerican Board of Family MedicineABFM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Spinal cord stimulation electrode design: prospective, randomized, controlled trial comparing percutaneous and laminectomy electrodes-part I: technical outcomes.
- Spinal cord stimulation for chronic pain of spinal origin: a valuable long-term solution.
- Comments on Marchand et al., PAIN, 45 (1991) 249-257.
- Attenuation of cerebellar tremor with implantation of an intrathecal baclofen pump: the role of gamma-aminobutyric acidergic pathways. Case report.
- Spinal cord stimulation versus repeated lumbosacral spine surgery for chronic pain: a randomized, controlled trial.
- Spinal cord stimulation evoked potentials during thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm surgery.
- Prevention of percutaneous electrode migration in spinal cord stimulation by a modification of the standard implantation technique.
- Dorsal root ganglionectomy for failed back surgery syndrome: a 5-year follow-up study.
- Neurostimulation for pain of spinal origin.
- Spinal cord stimulation versus reoperation for failed back surgery syndrome: a cost effectiveness and cost utility analysis based on a randomized, controlled trial.
- Spinal cord stimulation versus conventional medical management for neuropathic pain: a multicentre randomised controlled trial in patients with failed back surgery syndrome.
- The effects of spinal cord stimulation in neuropathic pain are sustained: a
- Generating evidence on spinal cord stimulation for failed back surgery syndrome: not yet fully charged. Clin j pain. 2008;24:757-758.
- Monitoring of spinal cord stimulation evoked potentials during thoracoabdominal aneurysm surgery.
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