Physician
Neurosurgery
Dr. Ronald I. Apfelbaum, MD
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Ronald Apfelbaum works in the field of Neurosurgery. He researched medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Jacobi Medical Center. He over the years received 2 awards: "Fellow (FACS)" and "Fellow (FAANS)". Ronald Apfelbaum is also published. He has 70 publications published. The lastest publication: "Thoracoscopic microsurgical excision of a thoracic schwannoma. Case report.'
Publications
- Thoracoscopic discectomy and instrumented fusion using a minimally invasive plate system: surgical technique and early clinical outcome.
- The development of neurosurgery at the University of Utah, 1955-2009.
- Ectopic atypical lymphoid tissue of the infundibulum/hypothalamus.
- Atlantoaxial transarticular screw fixation: update on technique and outcomes in 269 patients.
- Anterior fixation of odontoid fractures in an elderly population.
- Use of allograft bone for posterior C1-2 fusion.
- The utility of MRI in the evaluation of odontoid fractures.
- Comparison of fusion assessment techniques: computer-assisted versus manual measurements.
- Transoral approach and extended modifications for lesions of the ventral foramen magnum and craniovertebral junction.
- Surgical treatment of nonrheumatoid atlantoaxial degenerative arthritis producing pain and myelopathy.
- The lasso technique for posterior C1-C2 fusion.
- Chylorrhea: a rare complication of thoracoscopic discectomy of the thoracolumbar junction. Case report.
- Surgical management of cervical myelopathy: indications and techniques for multilevel cervical discectomy.
- Axially dynamic implants for stabilization of the cervical spine.
- Decompression of cavernous sinus meningioma for preservation and improvement of cranial nerve function. Technical note.
- Anterior cervical spinal cord tethering after anterior spinal surgery: case report.
- Atlantoaxial transarticular screw fixation: a review of surgical indications, fusion rate, complications, and lessons learned in 191 adult patients.
- Historical perspectives on the diagnosis and treatment of trigeminal neuralgia.
- Surgical management of cervical spinal metastasis: anterior reconstruction and stabilization techniques.
- Variations on the standard transsphenoidal approach to the sellar region, with emphasis on the extended approaches and parasellar approaches: surgical experience in 10...
- Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia.
- Novel closure technique for the endonasal transsphenoidal approach. Technical note.
- Endoscopic decompression of tension pneumosella following transsphenoidal pituitary tumor resection.
- Cervical spinal metastasis: anterior reconstruction and stabilization techniques after tumor resection.
- Occipitocervical reconstruction with the Ohio Medical Instruments Loop: results of a multicenter evaluation in 30 cases.
- Symptomatic pneumocephalus occurring years after transphenoidal surgery and radiation therapy for an invasive pituitary tumor: a case report and review of the literature.
- Circumferential fracture of the skull base causing craniocervical dislocation. Case report.
- Biomechanical analysis of a new concept: an add-on dynamic extension plate for adjacent-level anterior cervical fusion.
- Neurosurgical applications of video techniques.
- Home medical database telecommunications for the neurosurgeon.
- Surgery for tic douloureux.
- Experimental production of subdural hematomas.
- Dynamics of technetium scanning of subdural hematomas.
- Experimental subdural hematomas.
- Surgical treatment of trigeminal neuralgia and cluster headache.
- The cluster-tic syndrome and its surgical therapy.
- Surgical decompression of the facial nerve in the treatment of chronic cluster headache.
- Choice of surgical therapeutic modalities for treatment of trigeminal neuralgia: microvascular decompression, percutaneous retrogasserian thermal, or glycerol rhizotomy.
- Nocardial cerebral abscess in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
- Anterior cervical fusion with the Caspar instrumentation system.
- Reconstruction of the anterior skull base following cranial facial resection.
- Lumbar spinal stenosis associated with renal osteodystrophy.
- Trigeminal neuralgia (tic douloureux): MR imaging assessment.
- Transnasal pituitary tumor surgery.
- Neurosurgery image manager.
- Neurenteric cysts of the posterior fossa: recognition, management, and embryogenesis.
- The use of anterior caspar plate fixation in acute cervical spine injury.
- A comparision of percutaneous radiofrequency trigeminal neurolysis and microvascular decompression of the trigeminal nerve for the treatment of tic douloureux.
- Dizziness and disorders of equilibrium--panel 8.
- Technical considerations for facilitation of selective percutaneous radiofrequency neurolysis of the trigeminal nerve.
- An optical switch for improved photography through the operating microscope.
- Retroclival craniopharyngioma. Case illustration.
- On the incidence, cause, and prevention of recurrent laryngeal nerve palsies during anterior cervical spine surgery.
- Direct anterior screw fixation for recent and remote odontoid fractures.
- Vocal fold paralysis after anterior cervical spine surgery: incidence, mechanism, and prevention of injury.
- Neurovascular decompression: the procedure of choice?
- Anatomical suitability of C1-2 transarticular screw placement in pediatric patients.
- A new occipitocervical fusion construct in pediatric patients with occipitocervical instability. Technical note.
- Thoracoscopic microsurgical excision of a thoracic schwannoma. Case report.
- Low-cost high-resolution fast spin-echo MR of acoustic schwannoma: an alternative to enhanced conventional spin-echo MR?
- Justification for decreasing the number of views taken in radiologic follow-up of Casper plate cervical spine hardware.
- Cerebellopontine angle glioneuronal hamartoma.
- Endotracheal tube cuff pressure increases significantly during anterior cervical fusion with the Caspar instrumentation system.
- Deflation of detachable balloons in the cavernous sinus by percutaneous puncture.
- Pediatric cervical spine instrumentation using screw fixation.
- Chronic paroxysmal hemicrania (CPH). The clinical manifestations. A review.
- Intermediate segment degeneration after noncontiguous anterior cervical fusion.
- Odontoid screw fixation for fresh and remote fractures.
- Os odontoideum: presentation, diagnosis, and treatment in a series of 78 patients.
Schools
Hahnemann Univ Sch Of Med
Presby St Lukes Hospital
Einstein
Montefiore Hospital Med Center
Doctors Specialties
- Neurosurgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Fellow (FACS)
- Fellow (FAANS)
Education
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Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Jacobi Medical Center -
Albert Einstein - Montefiore Medical Center -
Rush University Medical Center -
Drexel University College of Medicine
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