Dr. Alejandro Marin Spiotta M.D.
Neurosurgeon
171 Ashley Ave Charleston SC, 29425About
Dr. Alejandro Spiotta practices Neurological Surgery in Charleston, SC. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Spiotta 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 University of Pennsylvania 2005
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 2005
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Brain monitoring after subarachnoid hemorrhage: lessons learned.
- Neurosurgical considerations after bull goring during festivities in Spain and Latin America.
- Comparison of techniques for stent assisted coil embolization of aneurysms.
- Embolic protection devices and the Penumbra 054 catheter: utility in tandem occlusions in acute ischemic stroke.
- Intraoperative indocyanine green angiography as a substitute for conventional angiography in the surgical management of spinal dural arteriovenous fistulae.
- Report of two cases of a rare cause of subarachnoid hemorrhage including unusual presentation and an emerging and effective treatment option.
- The cost of coils implanted in aneurysms: 2 years of clinical data.
- Multiple overlapping stents as monotherapy in the treatment of 'blister' pseudoaneurysms arising from the supraclinoid internal carotid artery: a single institution series and review of the literature.
- Mycotic aneurysm detection rates with cerebral angiography in patients with infective endocarditis.
- Novel device and technique for minimally invasive intracerebral hematoma evacuation in the same setting of a ruptured intracranial aneurysm: combined treatment in the neurointerventional angiography suite.
- PulseRider Stent-Assisted Coiling of Wide-Neck Bifurcation Aneurysms: Periprocedural Results in an International Series.
- Factors That Affect Physiologic Tremor and Dexterity During Surgery: A Primer for Neurosurgeons.
- The Importance of Exercise in the Well-Rounded Physician: Dialogue for the Inclusion of a Physical Fitness Program in Neurosurgery Resident Training.
- Operation La Sierra: A Novel Wellness Initiative for Neurological Surgery Residents.
- Impact of ASPECT scores and infarct distribution on outcomes among patients undergoing thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke with the ADAPT technique.
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Treatments
- Stroke
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Birth Defects
- Aneurysm
- Spinal Stenosis
- Brain Aneurysm
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