Tufts Medical Center Floating Hospital for Children
Neurosurgery
Dr. Steven W. Hwang, MD
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Steven Hwang works in the field of Neurosurgery. He received awards:"CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification". Steven Hwang is a published doctor as well. He has 49 publications published. The latest was: Iatrogenic Spinal Cord Injury during Removal of the Inferior Articular Process in the Presence of Ossification of the Ligamentum Flavum. Steven Hwang accepts Medicare payments and is registered with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Non-operative outcomes in Chiari I malformation patients.
- Comparison of operative and non-operative outcomes based on surgical selection criteria for patients with Chiari I malformations.
- Management of spinal cord Injury-related scoliosis using pedicle screw-only constructs.
- A novel classification System of lumbar disc degeneration.
- Surgical Treatment of Scoliosis in Osteogenesis Imperfecta With Cement-augmented Pedicle Screw Instrumentation.
- Lateral retroperitoneal transpsoas approach to the lumbar Spine for the treatment of spondylodiscitis.
- Neuromonitoring changes in pediatric spinal Deformity surgery: a single-institution experience.
- Spontaneous atraumatic vertebral Artery occlusion due to physiological cervical extension.
- Pediatric iatrogenic thoracic kyphosis and tension Myelopathy treated with a thoracic pedicle subtraction osteotomy: a case report and review of the literature.
- Management of Low-Grade Third Ventricular Ependymomas in Adults by Endoscopic Biopsy Followed by Gamma Knife Radiosurgery.
- Spondylolysis of C-2 in children 3 years of age or younger: clinical presentation, radiographic findings, management, and outcomes with a minimum 12-month follow-up.
- Endoscopic Transventricular Transaqueductal Magendie and Luschka Foraminoplasty for Hydrocephalus.
- Loss of correction in spinal cord Injury-related scoliosis after pedicle screw fixation.
- Iliac screw placement in neuromuscular scoliosis using anatomical landmarks and uniplanar anteroposterior fluoroscopic imaging with postoperative CT confirmation.
- A review of the neurological and neurosurgical implications of down syndrome in children.
- Rh-BMP-2 for L5-S1 arthrodesis in long fusions to the pelvis for neuromuscular spinal Deformity in the pediatric age group: analysis of 11 patients.
- Impact of pedicle screw fixation on loss of Deformity correction in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
- Utility of STIR MRI in pediatric Cervical spine clearance after trauma.
- Spontaneous resolution of an acute epidural hematoma with normal intraCranial pressure: case report and literature review.
- Successful management of an acute subdural hematoma in a patient dependent on continuous treprostinil infusion therapy.
- A retrospective comparison of CT and MRI in detecting pediatric cervical spine Injury.
- Neurophysiologic intraoperative monitoring in children with Down syndrome.
- A multicenter analysis of factors associated with change in height after adolescent idiopathic scoliosis Deformity surgery in 447 patients.
- Routine sectioning of the C2 Nerve root and ganglion for C1 lateral mass screw placement in children: surgical and functional outcomes.
- Comparison of 5-year outcomes between pedicle screw and hybrid constructs in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
- Direct Vertebral Body Derotation, Thoracoplasty or Both: Which is Better with Respect to inclinometer and SRS-22 Scores?
- Aqueductal developmental venous anomaly as an unusual cause of congenital Hydrocephalus: a case report and review of the literature.
- The impact of segmental and en bloc derotation maneuvers on scoliosis correction and rib prominence in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
- Open reduction and internal fixation for angulated, unstable odontoid synchondrosis Fractures in children: a safe alternative to halo fixation?
- Left thorascopic sympathectomy for refractory long QT syndrome in children.
- Amenorrhea complicating endoscopic third ventriculostomy in the pediatric age group.
- Effect of direct vertebral body derotation on the sagittal profile in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
- Cervical sagittal plane decompensation after surgery for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: an effect imparted by postoperative thoracic hypokyphosis.
- Kyphectomy in patients with myelomeningocele treated with pedicle screw-only constructs: case reports and review.
- Minimally invasive lumbar microDiscectomy in pediatric patients: a series of 6 patients.
- Impact of direct vertebral body derotation on rib prominence: are preoperative factors predictive of changes in rib prominence?
- Analysis of radiographic parameters relevant to the lowest instrumented vertebrae and postoperative coronal balance in Lenke 5C patients.
- Intraoperative use of indocyanine green fluorescence videography for resection of a spinal cord hemangioblastoma.
- Postoperative temporalis muscle atrophy and the use of electrocautery: a volumetric MRI comparison.
- Adjuvant Gamma Knife radiosurgery following surgical resection of Brain metastases: a 9-year retrospective cohort study.
- Outcomes following single-treatment Gamma Knife surgery for trigeminal neuralgia with a minimum 3-year follow-up.
- Temporal craniotomy for surgical access to the infratemporal fossa.
- Postoperative resolution of abnormal blood vessels related to a Nerve root hemangioblastoma.
- Thoracic spinal iophendylate-induced arachnoiditis mimicking an intramedullary spinal cord neoplasm. Case report.
- Pediatric iatrogenic spinal Deformity.
- C1-C2 arthrodesis after transoral odontoidectomy and suboccipital craniectomy for ventral Brain stem compression in Chiari I patients.
- Convexity dural cavernous malformation with intradural and extradural extension mimicking a meningioma: a case report.
- Iatrogenic Spinal Cord Injury during Removal of the Inferior Articular Process in the Presence of Ossification of the Ligamentum Flavum.
Procedures Preformed
- Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Shunt - Insertion, Repair or Removal
- Craniectomy, Craniotomy, Surgery of Skull Base, Neuroendoscopy
- Dural Repair or Other Spinal Spinal Cord Repair
- EEG (Electroencephalogram)
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Conditions Treated
- Ataxia
- Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Cancer
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Doctors Specialties
- Neurosurgery
- Pediatric Neurosurgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
Education
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Tufts Medical Center -
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center -
University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
Hospital
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Tufts Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1841406295 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | HWANG | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | STEVEN | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 021111526 | |
| NPPES Provider State | MA | |
| Specialty Description | Orthopedic Surgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 12.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1841406295 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | HWANG |
| First Name Of The Provider | STEVEN |
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