Dr. George V Digiacinto MD
Neurosurgeon
425 W 59th St Suite 4e New York NY, 10019About
Dr. George Digiacinto practices Neurological Surgery in New York, NY. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Digiacinto 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
Harvard Medical School 1970
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Neurofibromatosis and optic glioma: clinical and morphological correlations.
- Neurofibromatosis and optic glioma: clinical and morphological correlations.
- Epidural compression in the spinal canal caused by excessive adipose tissue. A case report.
- Treatment of neoplastic spinal cord compression: results of a prospective study.
- Neurosurgery in the treatment of cancer pain.
- Spondylectomy for malignant tumors of the spine.
- Antitumor and antinociceptive approaches to control cancer pain.
- Reoperation for brain metastases.
- Surgical treatment of spinal metastases.
- Cystic lumbar meningioma presenting as a ring enhancing lesion on MRI.
- Giant hemispheric arteriovenous fistula in an infant.
Treatments
- Spondylolisthesis
- Herniated Disc
- Spinal Stenosis
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