Dr. Raymond F Sekula MD
Neurosurgeon
201 State St 8th Floor Erie PA, 16550About
Dr. Raymond Sekula practices Neurological Surgery in Erie, PA. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Sekula 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
Georgetown University School of Medicine 2000
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The management of traumatic brain injury: the development of guidelines and their influence.
- Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis: a report of two fulminant cases and review of literature.
- Type 2 diabetes mellitus: A central nervous system etiology.
- The utility of calcium phosphate cement in cranioplasty following retromastoid craniectomy for cranial neuralgias.
- Hemifacial spasm caused by an aberrant jugular branch of the ascending pharyngeal artery.
- MRI findings in patients with a history of failed prior microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasm: how to image and where to look.
- Reduction in high-frequency hearing loss following technical modifications to microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasm.
- A Blinded, Case-Control Trial Assessing the Value of Steady State Free Precession Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis of Trigeminal Neuralgia.
- MRI of the Trigeminal Nerve in Patients With Trigeminal Neuralgia Secondary to
- Calcium Phosphate Cement Cranioplasty Decreases the Rate of Cerebrospinal Fluid
- Facial spasms, but not hemifacial spasm: a case report and review of literature.
- In Memoriam of Peter J. Jannetta, M.D., D.Sc.: April 5, 1932-April 11, 2016.
- 190 A Comparative Analysis of Operative and Radiographic Findings of Neurovascular Compression of the Trigeminal Nerve in Patients Without Trigeminal Neuralgia.
- Utility of the intensive care unit in patients undergoing microvascular decompression: a multiinstitution comparative analysis.
- Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials' Diagnostic Accuracy for Hearing Loss: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Treatments
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
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