Professor of Neurological Surgery, Medical College Wisc
Neurosurgery
Dr. Bruce A. Kaufman, MD
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Bruce Kaufman practices Neurosurgery. He went to medical school at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He received 5 awards: "America's Top Doctors", "America's Top Doctors for Cancer", "Super Doctor", "Fellow (FAANS)" and "Fellow (FACS)". Bruce Kaufman is also a published doctor. He has 54 paper published. The most recent paper is: Management of uncomplicated skull fractures in children: is hospital admission necessary?
Publications
- Minicraniotomy versus bur holes for evacuation of chronic subdural collections in infants-a preliminary single-institution experience.
- Spinal dural closure with nonpenetrating titanium clips in pediatric neurosurgery.
- The circle of sagittal synostosis surgery.
- Practice guidelines for the management of bacterial meningitis.
- Neural tube defects.
- Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma species Brain abscess in a neonate.
- Herniation of the suprasellar visual System and third ventricle into empty sellae: morphologic and clinical considerations.
- Preferential amplification of the paternal allele in neuroblastomas with N-myc amplification.
- Characterization of the region of consistent deletion within 1p36 in neuroblastomas.
- Acute care management of closed head Injury in childhood.
- Posterior vermal split syndrome.
- Quadriplegia after chiropractic manipulation in an infant with congenital torticollis caused by a spinal cord Astrocytoma.
- Fluoroscopy of programmable Cerebrospinal fluid shunt valve settings. Technical illustration.
- Ventriculoperitoneal shunt infections with gram-negative bacteria.
- A complex single strand conformational polymorphism (SSCP) in the Tumor necrosis factor receptor 2 (TNFR2) gene on chromosome 1p36.2.
- Dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma in childhood: report of a case.
- An unusual cystic appearance of disseminated low-grade Gliomas.
- Meningitis in the neurosurgical patient.
- Brain abscess in hepatopulmonary syndrome.
- Evaluating pediatric Brain tumor cellularity with diffusion-tensor imaging.
- Fast spin-echo magnetic resonance imaging for radiological assessment of neonatal brachial plexus Injury.
- Megakaryoblastic leukemia presenting as a temporal bone granulocytic sarcoma. Case report.
- Large cell/anaplastic Medulloblastomas and medullomyoblastomas: clinicopathological and genetic features.
- Foramen magnum decompression for cervicomedullary encroachment in craniometaphyseal dysplasia: case report.
- Lack of specificity in electrophysiological identification of lower sacral roots during selective dorsal rhizotomy.
- MR imaging surface display of the cerebral cortex in children.
- Frontal plagiocephaly secondary to synostosis of the frontosphenoidal suture. Case report.
- Intracranial Tumor in children: MR imaging findings within 24 hours of craniotomy.
- Diagnostic testing for acute head Injury in children: when are head computed tomography and skull radiographs indicated?
- Five-year-old female with a cyst of the fourth ventricle.
- Changes in hip migration after selective dorsal rhizotomy for spastic quadriplegia in cerebral palsy.
- Predictors of ability to walk after selective dorsal rhizotomy in children with cerebral palsy.
- Selective dorsal rhizotomy and rates of orthopedic surgery in children with spastic cerebral palsy.
- Chondroid Chordoma of the lateral skull base.
- Selective lumbosacral dorsal rhizotomy immediately caudal to the conus medullaris for cerebral palsy spasticity.
- MR angiography in pediatric neurological disorders.
- Complete migration of peritoneal shunt tubing to the scalp.
- Normal diameter of filum terminale in children: in vivo measurement.
- Outcome of surgically treated birth-related brachial plexus injuries in twenty cases.
- Management of uncomplicated skull Fractures in children: is hospital admission necessary?
- Subdental synchondrosis fracture in children: the value of 3-dimensional computerized tomography.
- Congenital spinal cord Astrocytomas.
- Effects of selective dorsal rhizotomy for spastic diplegia on hip migration in cerebral palsy.
- Computer tomographic scanning within 24 hours of craniotomy for a Tumor in children.
- Disbanding a multidisciplinary clinic: effects on the health care of myelomeningocele patients.
- Posterior fossa decompression without duraplasty in infants and young children for treatment of Chiari malformation and achondroplasia.
- Spinal magnetic resonance imaging immediately after craniotomy for detection of metastatic disease.
- Ventricular anatomy and shunt catheters.
- Prepontine lesions with chiari II malformation. Report of two cases.
- Untreated parieto-occipital encephalomeningohydrocele.
- Modified osteoplastic orbitozygomatic craniotomy in the pediatric population.
- Clinical significance of terminal syringomyelia in association with pediatric tethered Cord syndrome.
- Outcome analysis of initial neonatal shunts: does the valve make a difference?
Schools
Case Western Reserve University
Children39s Memorial Hospital
Procedures Preformed
- Craniectomy, Craniotomy, Surgery of Skull Base, Neuroendoscopy
Conditions Treated
- Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
- Brain Aneurysm
- CerebroSpinal Fluid Leak (CSF Leak)
- Chiari's Deformity
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Doctors Specialties
- Neurosurgery
- Pediatrics
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- America's Top Doctors for Cancer
- Super Doctor
- Fellow (FAANS)
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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Case Western Reserve University - University Hospitals -
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Hospital
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Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
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