Marcelo Duarte Vilela
Neurosurgeon
Harborview Medical Center Pbs Building 401 Bro Seattle WA, 98122Rating
4/5
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Dr. Marcelo Vilela practices Neurological Surgery in Seattle, WA. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Vilela 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.
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- [Third ventricle meningioma in a child: case report].
- Cosmetic concerns in posterior fossa skull base surgery.
- Superficial temporal artery to middle cerebral artery bypass.
- Surgical treatment of intracranial aneurysms: six-year experience in Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
- Cavernous malformations of the brainstem in infants. Report of two cases and review of the literature.
- Delayed paradoxical herniation after a decompressive craniectomy: case report.
- Normal hearing after resection of a large vestibular schwannoma.
- U-shaped sacral fracture and lumbosacral dislocation as a result of a shotgun injury: case report.
- Useful C8 and T1 function seen immediately after a complete cervical spinal cord injury: report of 2 cases.
- Atlantal fracture with transverse ligament disruption in a child. Case report.
- Free-hand placement of high thoracic pedicle screws with the aid of fluoroscopy: evaluation of positioning by CT scans in a four-year consecutive series.
- Reliability of classification systems for subaxial cervical injuries.
- Paradoxical herniation after decompressive craniectomy provoked by lumbar puncture or ventriculoperitoneal shunting.
- A Hemorrhagic Clival Chordoma with a Long Progression-Free Survival.
- Cerebellar cortical vein thrombosis mimicking a vermian tumor: case report.
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