Dr. William E Krauss M.D.
Neurosurgeon
200 1st St SW Rochester MN, 55905Rating
4/5
About
Dr. William Krauss practices Neurological Surgery in Rochester, MN. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Krauss 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
Columbia Univ Coll of Physicians And Surgeons, New York Ny 1987
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons 1987
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Development of postoperative fibromatosis after resection of an intraspinal meningioma. Case report.
- Hemangioma of spinal nerve root.
- Capillary hemangioma of the spinal cord. Report of four cases.
- Singing paraplegia: a distinctive manifestation of a spinal dural arteriovenous fistula.
- Safety of supplemental endplate screws in thoracic pedicle hook fixation.
- Low-pressure headaches and spinal cord herniation. Case report.
- Myelography: still the gold standard.
- Spinal cord biopsy: a review of 38 cases.
- Spinal meningiomas in patients younger than 50 years of age: a 21-year experience.
- Infections of the dural spaces.
- Bovine nephrectomy.
- Clinicopathological review: cord compression secondary to a lesion of the cervical spine in an 11-year-old girl.
- Circumferential decompression of the foramen magnum for the treatment of syringomyelia associated with basilar invagination.
- Synovial cysts of the thoracic spine.
- Venous congestive myelopathy: a mimic of neoplasia.
Treatments
- Surgical Procedures, Chiari Malformation
- Spondylolisthesis
- Back Pain
- Pinched Nerve
- Herniated Disc
- Spinal Stenosis
Professional Memberships
- Member Minnesota Medical Association/Zumbro Valley
Fellowships
- Fellow - NIH/Charles Dana Fellow: Columbia University
- Fellow - Spine Fellow: Medical College of Wisconsin
- Medical College of Wisconsin, Spine Surgery Fellowship 1994
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