April 2023 CASE REPORT: ENDOSCOPIC TRANSCERVICAL ODONTOIDECTOMY FOR BASILAR IMPRESSIONFeaturing: Jean-Paul Wolinsky, MD
Episode SummaryA 40-year-old man from North Carolina presented to an emergency department with dizziness and blurred vision. He had a history of head and neck pain and myelopathy, and he was being treated for migraines. An MRI revealed severe compression of his brain stem and spinal cord. His local care team diagnosed him with basilar invagination. Without surgical intervention, the patient’s condition could eventually progress to paralysis. The patient was referred to Jean-Paul Wolinsky, MD, a professor of Neurological Surgery at Northwestern Medicine. Here, Dr. Wolinsky presents the case.
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Jean-Paul Wolinsky, MD, Vice Chair of Strategy and Operations, Department of Neurological Surgery, Professor of Neurological Surgery and Orthopaedic Surgery
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