Dr. Bruce Michael Frankel MD
Neurosurgeon
171 Ashley Ave Charleston SC, 29425Rating
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Dr. Bruce Frankel practices Neurological Surgery in Charleston, SC. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Frankel 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
State University of New York Upstate Medical University 1992
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Primary central nervous system cytotoxic/suppressor T-cell lymphoma: report of a unique case and review of the literature.
- A biomechanical cadaveric analysis of polymethylmethacrylate-augmented pedicle screw fixation.
- Segmental polymethylmethacrylate-augmented pedicle screw fixation in patients with bone softening caused by osteoporosis and metastatic tumor involvement: a clinical evaluation.
- Percutaneous vertebral augmentation: an elevation in adjacent-level fracture risk in kyphoplasty as compared with vertebroplasty.
- Intracranial complications before and after endoscopic skull base reconstruction.
- Factors contributing to failure in endoscopic skull base defect repair.
- Endoscopic repair of skull base defects presenting with pneumocephalus.
- Posterior occipitocervical (C0-3) fusion using polyaxial occipital condyle to cervical spine screw and rod fixation: a radiographic and cadaveric analysis.
- Concomitant lymphoma and cryptococcosis in a patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
- Percutaneous vertebroplasty for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures in the nonagenarians: a prospective study evaluating pain reduction and new symptomatic fracture rate.
- Meta-analysis: vertebroplasty for vertebral compression fracture ineffective in improving pain and function.
- Occipital condyle to cervical spine fixation in the pediatric population.
- Minimally invasive percutaneous screw fixation of traumatic spondylolisthesis of the axis.
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Treatments
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Sciatica
- Pinched Nerve
- Herniated Disc
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
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