Dr. Mark Robert Harrigan MD
Neurosurgeon
619 19th Street South Birmingham AL, 35233Rating
4/5
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Dr. Mark Harrigan practices Neurological Surgery in Birmingham, AL. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Harrigan 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 Wa Sch of Med, Seattle Wa 1995
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Angiogenic factors in the central nervous system.
- Endovascular treatment of acute stroke.
- Coil extrusion after endovascular treatment. Case illustration.
- Legacy and current understanding of the often-misunderstood Foix-Alajouanine syndrome. Historical vignette.
- Hypertension may be the most important component of hyperdynamic therapy in cerebral vasospasm.
- Cerebrovascular dissections: a review. Part II: blunt cerebrovascular injury.
- Cerebrovascular dissections--a review part I: Spontaneous dissections.
- X-configuration stent-assisted coiling.
- Laparoscopic versus open insertion of the peritoneal catheter in ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement: review of 810 consecutive cases.
- Rebleeding risk after treatment of ruptured intracranial aneurysms.
- Safety and cost effectiveness of step-down unit admission following elective neurointerventional procedures.
- Rare case of bilateral vertebral artery stenosis caused by C4-5 spondylotic changes manifesting with bilateral bow hunter's syndrome.
- Infection risk in neurointervention and cerebral angiography.
- Timing and mechanism of ischemic stroke due to extracranial blunt traumatic cerebrovascular injury.
- Resolution of diminished olfactory sensation after treatment of bilateral ophthalmic segment aneurysms with flow diversion: case report.
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