Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery. Allegheny General Hospital
Neurosurgery
Dr. Peter J. Jannetta, MD
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Dr. Peter J. Jannetta is an expert in the field of Neurosurgery. He went to medical school at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He received awards:"Fellow (FAANS)" and "Fellow (FACS)". Dr. Peter J. Jannetta has written publications. He has 96 publications published with PubMed. The lastest publication is: 'Unilateral trismus in a patient with trigeminal neuralgia due to microvascular compression of the trigeminal motor root.'
Publications
- Parkinson''s disease: an inquiry into the etiology and treatment.
- Microvascular decompression for elderly patients with trigeminal neuralgia: a prospective study and systematic review with meta-analysis.
- Type 2 diabetes mellitus: A central nervous system etiology.
- Microvascular decompression after failed Gamma Knife surgery for trigeminal neuralgia: a safe and effective rescue therapy?
- Microvascular decompression in patients with isolated maxillary division trigeminal neuralgia, with particular attention to venous pathology.
- Utility of intraoperative electromyography in microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasm: a meta-analysis.
- Developments in neurosurgery: "the 4 factors".
- Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis: a report of two fulminant cases and review of literature.
- Exclusion of cervical spine instability in patients with blunt trauma with normal multidetector CT (MDCT) and radiography.
- Delayed cervical spinal cord tethering following tonsillar resection for Chiari malformation.
- Epidemiology of ventriculostomy in the United States from 1997 to 2001.
- Microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia in elderly patients.
- Long-term survival enhanced by cordectomy in a patient with a spinal glioblastoma multiforme and paraplegia. Case report.
- Arterial compression of the trigeminal nerve at the pons in patients with trigeminal neuralgia. 1967.
- Central brain herniation secondary to fulminant acute disseminated encephalomyelitis: implications for neurosurgical management. Case report.
- Primary treatment of a blister-like aneurysm with an encircling clip graft: technical case report.
- Dimensions of the posterior fossa in patients symptomatic for Chiari I malformation but without cerebellar tonsillar descent.
- Technique of microvascular decompression. Technical note.
- Type 2 diabetes mellitus, etiology and possible treatment: preliminary report.
- Preoperative evaluation of neurovascular compression in patients with trigeminal neuralgia by use of three-dimensional reconstruction from two types of high-resolution...
- Direct mechanical stimulation of brainstem modulates cardiac rhythm and repolarization in humans.
- Microvascular decompression in the treatment of hypertension: review and update.
- Transplantation of cultured human neuronal cells for patients with stroke.
- Recurrent trigeminal neuralgia attributable to veins after microvascular decompression.
- Hyperactive rhizopathy of the vagus nerve and microvascular decompression. Case report.
- Intraoperative loss of auditory function relieved by microvascular decompression of the cochlear nerve.
- Functional outcome and the effect of cranioplasty after retromastoid craniectomy for microvascular decompression.
- Microvascular decompression of cranial nerves: lessons learned after 4400 operations.
- Unilateral trismus in a patient with trigeminal neuralgia due to microvascular compression of the trigeminal motor root.
- Delayed facial weakness after microvascular decompression of cranial nerve VII.
- Microvascular decompression for pediatric onset trigeminal neuralgia.
- The surgical management of chronic cluster headache.
- Typical or atypical hemifacial spasm.
- Microvascular decompression of the left lateral medulla oblongata for severe refractory neurogenic hypertension.
- Medullary compression and hypertension.
- Delayed hearing loss after microvascular decompression of the trigeminal nerve.
- The origin and evolution of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurological Surgery.
- Pediatric hemifacial spasm: the efficacy of microvascular decompression.
- Surgical management of geniculate neuralgia.
- Vestibular neurilemmomas (honored guest lecture).
- Outcome after microvascular decompression for typical trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm, tinnitus, disabling positional vertigo, and glossopharyngeal neuralgia (h...
- Operative techniques and clinicopathologic correlation in the surgical treatment of cranial rhizopathies (honored guest lecture).
- Selection criteria for the treatment of cranial rhizopathies by microvascular decompression (honored guest lecture).
- Microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia. Surgical technique and long-term results.
- Trigeminal numbness and tic relief after microvascular decompression for typical trigeminal neuralgia.
- Microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia in patients with multiple sclerosis.
- Long-term outcome after operation for trigeminal neuralgia in patients with posterior fossa tumors.
- The long-term outcome of microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia.
- Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography in neurosurgery: effects of intracranial tumour on right middle cerebral artery flow velocity during induction of anaesthesia.
- Staged removal of acoustic tumors: techniques and lessons learned from a series of 83 patients.
- The results of surgery for benign tumors of the cavernous sinus.
- Thoughts from (and for) our new secretary of health. Interview by David Woods.
- Contribution from crossed and uncrossed brainstem structures to the brainstem auditory evoked potentials: a study in humans.
- Microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasm.
- Microvascular decompression for glossopharyngeal neuralgia.
- Outcome analysis of acoustic neuroma management: a comparison of microsurgery and stereotactic radiosurgery.
- Microvascular decompression for spasmodic torticollis.
- Peripheral trigeminal nerve surgery for patients with atypical facial pain.
- Microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia caused by vertebrobasilar compression.
- The effect of single-application topical ophthalmic anesthesia in patients with trigeminal neuralgia. A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial.
- Click-evoked responses from the cochlear nucleus: a study in human.
- Preservation of hearing in operations on acoustic tumors: an alternative to recording brain stem auditory evoked potentials.
- Restoration of useful hearing following microvascular decompression of cochlear nerve.
- Assessing brain stem function.
- Restoration of useful hearing after microvascular decompression of the cochlear nerve.
- Vascular decompression surgery for severe tinnitus: selection criteria and results.
- Abnormal response from the sternocleidomastoid muscle in patients with spasmodic torticollis: observations during microvascular decompression operations.
- Microvascular decompression of the eighth nerve in patients with disabling positional vertigo: selection criteria and operative results in 207 patients.
- Timing treatment of a giant intracranial aneurysm by the use of magnetic resonance imaging for the determination of intraluminal clot stability.
- Idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia complicated by lingual nerve dysesthesia.
- Compound action potentials recorded from the exposed eighth nerve in patients with intractable tinnitus.
- Technical innovation: transfacial approach for infraorbital nerve exploration and orbital-maxillary surgery.
- Auditory nerve compound action potentials and brain stem auditory evoked potentials in patients with various degrees of hearing loss.
- A vascular malformation mimicking an intracanalicular acoustic neurilemoma. Case report.
- Trigeminal neuralgia and its treatment in a 13-month-old child: a review and case report.
- Meningiomas involving the clivus: a six-year experience with 41 patients.
- Operative treatment of intracranial epidermoid cysts and cholesterol granulomas: report of 21 cases.
- Recordings from human dorsal column nuclei using stimulation of the lower limb.
- Neural tissue compatibility of Teflon as an implant material for microvascular decompression.
- Treatment of loin pain hematuria syndrome by renal autotransplantation.
- Neurilemomas of the trigeminal nerve.
- Contributions from the auditory nerve to the brain-stem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs): results of intracranial recording in man.
- [Cochlear nerve injuries caused by manipulations in cerebellopontine angle: Part I. Electrophysiological and morphological study in dogs].
- Bilateral trigeminal neuralgia: a 14-year experience with microvascular decompression.
- Use of perioperative steroids with microvascular decompression operations.
- [Cochlear nerve injuries caused by manipulations in cerebellopontine angle: Part II. An electrophysiological and morphological study in rhesus monkeys].
- Sympathetic innervation of the cornea from the superior cervical ganglion. An HRP study in the cat.
- Hemifacial spasm in young people treated with microvascular decompression of the facial nerve.
- Monitoring facial EMG responses during microvascular decompression operations for hemifacial spasm.
- Hemifacial spasm resolution without vascular decompression.
- Organization of corneal afferent axons in the trigeminal nerve root entry zone in the cat.
- Physiological abnormalities in hemifacial spasm studied during microvascular decompression operations.
- Neural generators of the somatosensory evoked potentials: recording from the cuneate nucleus in man and monkeys.
- Device to locate facial nerve during surgery.
- Blink reflex in patients with hemifacial spasm. Observations during microvascular decompression operations.
Schools
University Of Pennsylvania School Of Medicine
Hospital Penn
University Of California Los Angeles
Procedures Preformed
- Craniectomy, Craniotomy, Surgery of Skull Base, Neuroendoscopy
Conditions Treated
- Radiculopathy (Not Due to Disc Displacement)
Doctors Specialties
- General Surgery
- Neurosurgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Fellow (FAANS)
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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UCLA Medical Center -
University of Pennsylvania Health System -
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
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