WalterJOakesMD

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Professor, Surgery, University of Alabama School of Medicine

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Birmingham, AL 35233
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PubMed

242 citations
Institutional experience with 500 cases of surgically treated pediatric Chiari malformation Type I.
R. Shane Tubbs, Joshua M. Beckman, Robert P. Naftel, Joshua J. Chern, John C. Wellons
Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 2011-03-01
25 citations
Syringomyelia in twin brothers discordant for Chiari I malformation: case report.
R. Shane Tubbs, John C. Wellons, Jeffrey P. Blount, W. Jerry Oakes
Journal of Child Neurology. 2004-06-01
49 citations
Volumetric analysis of the posterior cranial fossa in a family with four generations of the Chiari malformation Type I.
R. Shane Tubbs, Mark L. Hill, Marios Loukas, Mohammadali Mohajel Shoja, W. Jerry Oakes
Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 2008-01-01

Journal Articles

Embryology of the Craniocervical Junction and Posterior Cranial Fossa, Part II: Embryogenesis of the Hindbrain
R Shane Tubbs, Joshua J Chern, W Jerry Oakes, Clinical Anatomy