Dr. George J Kaptain M.D.
Neurosurgeon
20 Prospect Ave Suite 907 Hackensack NJ, 07601About
Dr. George Kaptain practices Neurological Surgery in Hackensack, NJ. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Kaptain 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
University of Virginia School of Medicine 1993
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Temporal glioblastoma causing trigeminal neuralgia. Case illustration.
- Depiction of a postoperative pseudomeningocele with digital subtraction myelography.
- Intraoperative chymopapain in lumbar laminotomy for disc disease: a less invasive technique.
- Hemorrhagic complications in embolization of a meningioma: case report and review of the literature.
- Successful excision of a large immature teratoma involving the cranial base: report of a case with long-term follow-up.
- CT-guided percutaneous drainage of syringomyelia.
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Treatments
- Stroke
- Brain Tumor
- Bone Cancer
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Birth Defects
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Lumecca
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