Dr. Matthew J Likavec MD
Neurosurgeon
2500 Metrohealth Dr Mhmc-surgery/Neurosu Cleveland OH, 44109About
Dr. Matthew Likavec practices Neurological Surgery in Cleveland, OH. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Likavec 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.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Spinal shock--spinal man.
- Frontal sinus reconstruction.
- The diagnosis and initial management of head injury.
- A lag screw technique for fixation of cranioplasty implants.
- Transient neurologic deficit caused by chronic subdural hematoma.
- Tropomyosin isoform expression in normal and neoplastic astrocytes.
- Immunohistochemical recognition of ethylnitrosourea induced rat brain microtumors by anti-Leu 7 monoclonal antibody.
- Disc herniation in cervical fracture subluxation.
- Ubiquitin in normal, reactive and neoplastic human astrocytes.
- Branhamella catarrhalis cellulitis around a cerebrospinal fluid shunt: case report.
- A high performance isolated rat brain preparation. Part I: Operative technique and recipient extracorporeal perfusion.
- A high performance isolated rat brain preparation. Part II. Cerebral blood flow in relation to perfusion pressure and cerebral hypothermia.
- Atlantoaxial rotatory subluxation, congenital absence of the posterior arch of the atlas, and cerebral palsy: an unusual triad.
- Subclavian to middle cerebral artery saphenous vein bypass graft.
- Cranial fractures associated with facial fractures: a review of mechanism, type, and severity of injury.
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