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R W RAND

Publications and source records attributed to R W RAND.

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PubMed1959

Surgical treatment of cervical osteoarthritis.

The early results of anterior cervical intervertebral disc excision and fusion (Cloward operation) together with removal of associated arthritic bone spurs pressing on nerves and spinal cord give promise of relief of pain and muscle weakness in patients who have this form of cervical osteoarthritis.Eighty-five per cent of a group of patients with neurologic pain caused by compression of this kind were relieved by this operation. The approach to the cervical vertebrae is made by an incision into the front of the neck and the diseased disc and arthritic spurs are removed by drilling a half-inch hole into the edges of the vertebrae. The remaining fragments of disc are curetted away. The hole is plugged with a bone dowel. The patients had less pain and a more rapid convalescence than with the usual posterior laminectomy for chronic disc disease.

Cervical Vertebrae↗
PubMed1957

Pituitary tumors.

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Neoplasms↗
PubMed1954

Parkinsonism; early results of occlusion of the anterior choroidal artery.

Occlusion of the anterior choroidal artery was carried out in four cases for relief of Parkinsonism. Results were disappointing but there was temporary cessation of tremor in three cases and sustained alleviation of rigidity in two cases. The causes of these changes following operation are unknown.

Arteries↗