Dr. Brian T Jankowitz MD
Neurosurgeon
200 Lothrop St Puh - B400 Pittsburgh PA, 15213About
Dr. Brian Jankowitz practices Neurological Surgery in Pittsburgh, PA. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Jankowitz 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
Temple University School of Medicine 2003
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Treatment of pediatric intracranial vascular malformations using Onyx-18.
- Ear necrosis resulting from the endovascular onyx-18 embolization of a dural arteriovenous fistula fed by the posterior auricular artery.
- A 16-year-old male with a cerebellar mass.
- Y stenting using kissing stents for the treatment of bifurcation aneurysms.
- Decompressive hemicraniectomy, strokectomy, or both in the treatment of malignant middle cerebral artery syndrome.
- Onyx embolization of infectious intracranial aneurysms.
- Transcervical access in acute ischemic stroke.
- In vitro assessment of the trackability of neurovascular intermediate catheters: a comparative analysis.
- Initial experience with the AXERA 2 Femoral Access System in neurovascular procedures.
- Successful Manual Aspiration Thrombectomy in a Pediatric Patient.
- Management of Major Vascular Injury During Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery.
- Developmental venous anomaly presenting as a spontaneous intraparenchymal hematoma without thrombosis.
- Use of Micropatterned Thin Film Nitinol in Carotid Stents to Augment Embolic Protection.
- Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in pregnancy and puerperium: A pooled, systematic review.
- Asymptomatic carotid stenosis: Medicine alone or combined with carotid revascularization.
Clinical Trials
Treatments
- Stroke
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Birth Defects
- Aneurysm
- Brain Aneurysm
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