Dr. Allen B Kantrowitz MD
Neurosurgeon
4302 Alton Rd. Suite 830 Miami Beach FL, 33140About
Dr. Allen Kantrowitz practices Neurological Surgery in Miami Beach, FL. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Kantrowitz 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
University of Michigan Medical School 1980
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Retrospective analysis and modifications of retractor systems for anterior odontoid screw fixation.
- Pigmented villonodular synovitis of the temporomandibular joint. Case report and review of the literature.
- Periaqueductal approach to cholesterol granulomas of the petrous apex.
- Atypical invasion of the temporal bone in vestibular schwannoma.
- The transcranial translabyrinthine approach to acoustic neuromas.
- Experimental intraaortic balloon pumping prior to acute myocardial infarction. 1973.
- Post mortem studies of systemic candidiasis: I. Diagnostic validity of precipitin reaction and probable origin of sensitization to cytoplasmic candidal antigens.
- Intrasphenoidal encephalocele: diagnosis and management.
- Erythropoietin-augmented isovolemic hemodilution in skull-base surgery. Case report.
- Split-calvaria osteoplastic rotational flap for anterior fossa floor repair after tumor excision. Technical note.
- Transcranial translabyrinthine approach to vestibular schwannomas.
- Aggressive papillary tumors of the endolymphatic sac: clinical and tissue culture characteristics.
- Device for accurate localization of vertebrae before spinal surgery.
Treatments
- Spondylolisthesis
- Stroke
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Pinched Nerve
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Herniated Disc
- Spinal Stenosis
- Lumecca
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