Associate Professor, Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin

Neurosurgery

Dr. Sean Lew is an expert in the field of Neurosurgery. He attended Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine. He has 2 awards "Fellow (FAANS)" and "Most Compassionate Doctor". Sean Lew, MD is also a published doctor. He has 38 paper published. The most recent paper is: Preoperative volume expansion improves tolerance to carotid artery cross-clamping during endarterectomy.

Publications

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• Subdural hematoma - a rare complication of removal of osseointegrated auricular prosthesis retention System.
• Incidence and Outcome of Pediatric Patients With Intracranial Hemorrhage While Supported on Ventricular Assist Devices.
• Fifty Consecutive Hemispherectomies: Outcomes, Evolution of Technique, Complications, and Lessons Learned.
• Outcomes of cranioplasty following decompressive craniectomy in the pediatric population.
• Posthemispherectomy hydrocephalus: Results of a comprehensive, multiinstitutional review.
• Craniosynostosis following hemispherectomy in a 2.5-month-old boy with intractable Epilepsy.
• Minicraniotomy versus bur holes for evacuation of chronic subdural collections in infants-a preliminary single-institution experience.
• Moyamoya Disease in early infancy: case report and literature review.
• Corpus callosotomy in multistage Epilepsy surgery in the pediatric population.
• Quantitative analyses of pediatric cervical Spine ossification patterns using computed tomography.
• Neuronal bursting properties in focal and parafocal regions in pediatric neocortical Epilepsy stratified by histology.
• Spinal dural closure with nonpenetrating titanium clips in pediatric neurosurgery.
• Giant posterior fossa cavernous malformations in 2 infants with familial Cerebral cavernomatosis: the case for early screening.
• Endoscopic septostomy for headache.
• Epilepsy surgery outcomes: quality of life and seizure control.
• Cumulative incidence of radiation-induced cavernomas in long-term survivors of Medulloblastoma.
• An unusual cause of overdose after baclofen pump implantation: case report.
• Laminectomy contributes to cervical Spine deformity demonstrated by holographic interferometry.
• Cavernous malformation of the facial colliculus.
• Geometrical properties of the human child cervical Spine with a focus on the c1 vertebra.
• Ovarian endometrioid carcinoma and endometriosis developing in a postmenopausal breast Cancer patient during tamoxifen therapy: a case report and review of the literat...
• Equivalence of fusion rates after rigid internal fixation of the occiput to C-2 with or without C-1 instrumentation.
• Brain tumor invasion rate measured in vitro does not correlate with Ki-67 expression.
• Complement depletion does not reduce Brain injury in a rabbit model of thromboembolic stroke.
• Transforaminal percutaneous endoscopic Discectomy in the treatment of far-lateral and foraminal lumbar Disc herniations.
• Pediatric blunt carotid Injury: a review of the National Pediatric Trauma Registry.
• Sugarcoating: leptomeningeal spread of Medulloblastoma.
• Preoperative volume expansion improves tolerance to carotid artery cross-clamping during endarterectomy.
• Synergistic action of genistein and cisplatin on growth inhibition and cytotoxicity of human Medulloblastoma cells.
• Modified osteoplastic orbitozygomatic craniotomy in the pediatric population.
• Tethered Cord syndrome: an updated review.
• Aneurysmal bone cyst of the cervical spine.
• 3D visualization of subdural electrode shift as measured at craniotomy reopening.
• Rhythmic intrinsic bursting neurons in human neocortex obtained from pediatric patients with Epilepsy.
• Aqueductal stenosis presenting as isolated tremor: case report and review of the literature.
• Postoperative upper extremity hemiplegia in a toddler following general anesthesia for drainage of a subgaleal Fluid collection.
• En bloc resection of a C-1 lateral mass osteosarcoma: technical note.

Procedures Preformed

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• Craniectomy, Craniotomy, Surgery of Skull Base, Neuroendoscopy
• Deep Brain Stimulation
• Dural Repair or Other Spinal Spinal Cord Repair
• Spinal Reconstructive Surgery for Deformities
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Conditions Treated

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• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
• Brain Aneurysm
• Cerebral Vascular Disease
• CerebroSpinal Fluid Leak (CSF Leak)
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Doctors Specialties

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• Pediatric Neurosurgery
• Neurosurgery

Accepted Insurances

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• Choice Plus POS II
• Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO
• Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Blue Preferred Plus POS
• Assurant Health
• Blue Card PPO
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois PPO
• Cigna HMO
• Cigna PPO
• Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
• Open Access Plus
• Commercial Insurance Company
• CoreSource
• First Choice Health
• Golden Rule
• Harvard Pilgrim Health Care PPO
• Choice Care PPO
• Medicare MCR
• Molina
• MultiPlan
• Choice Plus POS
• Navigate HMO
• Navigate POS
• Options PPO
• United Healthcare
• Wisconsin Physicians Service

Awards

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• Fellow (FAANS)
• Most Compassionate Doctor

Education

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• University of Vermont - Fletcher Allen Health Care
• Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine

Hospital

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• Children's Hospital of Wisconsin

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