Dr. Thomas A Kopitnik MD FACS
Neurosurgeon
6600 E 2nd St Casper WY, 82609Rating
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About
Dr. Thomas Kopitnik practices Neurological Surgery in Casper, WY. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Kopitnik 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
Wv Univ Sch of Med, Morgantown Wv 1984
West Virginia University School of Medicine 1980
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Current results of the surgical management of aneurysms of the basilar apex.
- Factors related to hydrocephalus after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
- Primary end-to-end anastomosis of anterior cerebral artery dissecting aneurysm: technical case report and review of literature.
- Thoracic fractures: classification and the relevance of instrumentation.
- Ventriculopleural shunting used as a temporary diversion.
- The future. Prospects of innovative treatment of intracerebral hemorrhage.
- Central nervous system monitoring. What helps, what does not.
- Posterior flank approach to the peritoneum for ventriculoperitoneal shunting.
- Pressure changes within a chronic subdural hematoma during hemodialysis.
- Target fibers in multiple sclerosis: implications for pathogenesis.
- Orbital infarction syndrome after surgery for intracranial aneurysms.
- An unusual transcranial Doppler waveform associated with vessel distortion in giant intracranial aneurysms.
- Management of subarachnoid haemorrhage.
Treatments
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Scoliosis
- Pinched Nerve
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Herniated Disc
- Aneurysm
- Spinal Stenosis
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
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