Dr. Christopher Miranda Loftus MD
Neurosurgeon
3509 N Broad St Philadelphia PA, 19140About
Dr. Christopher Loftus practices Neurological Surgery in Philadelphia, PA. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Loftus 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
SUNY Downstate Medical Center College Of Medicine 1979
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Pros, cons, and current indications of open craniotomy versus gamma knife in the treatment of arteriovenous malformations and the role of endovascular embolization.
- Qualitative assessment of cervical spinal stenosis: observer variability on CT and MR images.
- Cervical carotid revascularization: indications from a surgical perspective.
- The timing of carotid endarterectomy post stroke.
- The timing of carotid endarterectomy post stroke.
- Mortality rates for giant aneurysms.
- Should we adopt micro-interintimal dissection: a novel and worthwhile advance in carotid surgery technique, but does it prevent restenosis and early neurological deficits?
- Tips, tricks, subtleties, and superiority of carotid artery surgery.
- Balloon-Occlusion Catheter Onyx Embolization of a Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistula Presenting with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in a Pediatric Patient.
- Intracerebral Hemorrhage.
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