Dr. Leonard F Hirsh MD
Neurosurgeon
1 Medical Center Blvd Pob Ii Suite 428 Chester PA, 19013Rating
3/5
About
Dr. Leonard Hirsh practices Neurological Surgery in Chester, PA. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Hirsh 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
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 1970
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Intraarterial nitroprusside treatment for ergotism.
- Intraarterial nitroprusside treatment for ergotism.
- Malignant fibrous histiocytoma in a recurrent thoracic chordoma: case report and literature review.
- Clinical clerkships in neurosurgery and neurology at United States medical schools.
- Neurosurgery in patients over age 65.
- Metastatic brain tumors. A guide to management.
- Metastatic brain tumors. A guide to management.
- Sudden loss of pain control with morphine pump due to catheter migration.
- Carpal tunnel syndrome. Avoiding poor treatment results.
- The thoracic outlet syndrome. Meeting the diagnostic challenge.
- Ulnar nerve entrapment at the elbow. Tailoring the treatment to the cause.
- Central cervical cord injury.
- Intracranial aneurysm and hemorrhage following skull caliper traction. Review of skull traction complications.
- Intracranial aneurysm and hemorrhage following skull caliper traction. Review of skull traction complications.
- Fusiform basilar aneurysm simulating carotid transient ischemic attacks.
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