Dr. Michael P Steinmetz MD
Neurosurgeon
2500 Metrohealth Drive Metrohealth Medical Cleveland OH, 44109About
Dr. Michael Steinmetz practices Neurological Surgery in Cleveland, OH. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Steinmetz 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.
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Dual-strap augmentation of a halo orthosis in the treatment of atlantooccipital dislocation in infants and young children. Technical note.
- Preliminary experience with the DOC dynamic cervical implant for the treatment of multilevel cervical spondylosis.
- Studies on the development and behavior of the dystrophic growth cone, the hallmark of regeneration failure, in an in vitro model of the glial scar and after spinal cord injury.
- Atlantooccipital dislocation in children: presentation, diagnosis, and management.
- Minimally invasive surgical treatment of Bertolotti's Syndrome: case report.
- A review of the utility of obtaining repeated postoperative radiographs following single-level anterior cervical decompression, fusion, and plate placement.
- Segmental spinal instrumentation in the management of scoliosis.
- Common pitfalls in interpretation of medical evidence: a case demonstration of misleading interpretation in the analysis of cervical spine fusions.
- Effective lordosis: analysis of sagittal spinal canal alignment in cervical spondylotic myelopathy.
- A combination immunomodulatory treatment promotes neuroprotection and locomotor recovery after contusion SCI.
- The unusual response of serotonergic neurons after CNS Injury: lack of axonal dieback and enhanced sprouting within the inhibitory environment of the glial scar.
- Novel reduction technique for thoracolumbar fracture-dislocations.
- Oncomodulin affords limited regeneration to injured sensory axons in vitro and in vivo.
- Comparing vertebral body reconstruction implants for the treatment of thoracic and lumbar metastatic spinal tumors: a consecutive case series of 37 patients.
- Repair of pars interarticularis defect utilizing a pedicle and laminar screw construct: a new technique based on anatomical and biomechanical analysis.
Treatments
- Spine Tumors, Spinal Cord Problems, Spine Surgery And More
Professional Memberships
- Member Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- Member American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- Member North American Spine Society
- Member Society for Neurosciences
Fellowships
- University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinic Spine surgery Madison, WI USA 2006
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