Dr. Stephen Howard Hochschuler M.D
Orthopedist
6020 W Parker Rd Suite 200 Plano TX, 75093Rating
3/5
About
Dr. Stephen Hochschuler is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Plano, TX. Dr. Hochschuler specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Hochschuler 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
Harvard Med Sch, Boston Ma 1968
Harvard Medical School 1968
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
Physical Medicine and RehabilitationAmerican Board of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationABPMR
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Prospective study evaluating total disc replacement: preliminary results.
- The use of presurgical psychological screening to predict the outcome of spine surgery.
- A prospective, randomized, multicenter Food and Drug Administration investigational device exemptions study of lumbar total disc replacement with the CHARITE artificial disc versus lumbar fusion: part I: evaluation of clinical outcomes.
- The use of dynamic magnetic resonance imaging to identify cervical spine disc herniation and cord compression. A case report.
- The effect of sensory deprivation in the reduction of pain in patients with chronic low-back pain.
- Pain provocation and disc deterioration by age. A CT/discography study in a low-back pain population.
- Complications of Lumbar Artificial Disc Replacement Compared to Fusion: Results From the Prospective, Randomized, Multicenter US Food and Drug Administration Investigational Device Exemption Study of the Charité Artificial Disc.
- Dallas discogram description. A new classification of CT/discography in low-back disorders.
- Disc deterioration in low-back syndromes. A prospective, multi-center CT/discography study.
- Diagnostic studies in clinical practice.
- Laser disc decompression. The importance of proper patient selection.
- Reported pain during lumbar discography as a function of anular ruptures and disc degeneration. A re-analysis of 833 discograms.
Awards
- 2010-2011 Texas Super Doctors
Treatments
- Back Pain
- Sciatica
- Pinched Nerve
- Pain
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