Dr. Edward Richard Prostko MD
Neurosurgeon
380 W Chestnut St Suite 101 Washington PA, 15301Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Edward Prostko practices Neurological Surgery in Washington, PA. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Prostko 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
Loyola Univ of Chicago Stritch Sch of Med, Maywood Il 1974
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine 1974
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Lymphocyte subpopulations in human cerebrospinal fluid.
- January 2001: A 37 year old man with a history of Hodgkin's disease.
- Effect of TLIF Cage Placement on In Vivo Kinematics.
- Head-hanging CT: an alternative method for evaluating traumatic CSF rhinorrhea.
- Magnetic resonance imaging and intraoperative neurosonography in syringomyelia.
- The impact of magnetic resonance on the diagnostic evaluation of acute cervicothoracic spinal trauma.
Treatments
- Spondylolisthesis
- Parkinson's Disease
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Sciatica
- Pinched Nerve
- Herniated Disc
- Birth Defects
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
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