Dr. Paul G Matz MD
Neurosurgeon
232 S Woods Mill Rd Suite 400 East Chesterfield MO, 63017Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Paul Matz practices Neurological Surgery in Chesterfield, MO. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Matz 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
Columbia Univ Coll of Physicians And Surgeons, New York Ny 1992
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons 1992
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Monitoring in traumatic brain injury.
- Intraoperative cortical mapping as a guide to the surgical resection of gliomas.
- Subarachnoid hemolysate produces DNA fragmentation in a pattern similar to apoptosis in mouse brain.
- Cell death after exposure to subarachnoid hemolysate correlates inversely with expression of CuZn-superoxide dismutase.
- Infratentorial traumatic brain hemorrhage: may outcome be predicted by initial GCS?
- Increased cytochrome c-mediated DNA fragmentation and cell death in manganese-superoxide dismutase-deficient mice after exposure to subarachnoid hemolysate.
- Neuronal, but not microglial, accumulation of extravasated serum proteins after intracerebral hemolysate exposure is accompanied by cytochrome c release and DNA fragmentation.
- Clinical factors associated with unexpected critical care management and prolonged hospitalization after elective cervical spine surgery.
- History of the strain gauge in measurement of the intracranial pressure: from engineers to physiologists and clinicians.
- Continued progress in predicting outcome after subarachnoid hemorrhage.
- The role of hypothermia in the management of severe brain injury: a meta-analysis.
- Editorial comment--Spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage: volume, experience, and outcome.
- Does nonoperative management play a role in the treatment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy?
- Preoperative patient selection with magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, and electroencephalography: does the test predict outcome after cervical surgery?
- Electrophysiological monitoring during surgery for cervical degenerative myelopathy and radiculopathy.
Treatments
- Spondylolisthesis
- Back Pain
- Scoliosis
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Herniated Disc
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
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Practice At 232 S Woods Mill Rd Suite 400 East
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