Dr. Robert Replogle
Neurosurgery
Rochester, NY
31 years experience male
Locations
Rochester Neurosurgery Partners
Rochester, NY
About
Bio
Stanford University A.B. 1988
University of Chicago M.D. 1992
Neurosurgery Residency at University of Virginia 1992-99
Cerebrovascular/Endovascular Fellowship at the University of Texas/Southwestern Medical School 1999-2002
Specialize in Cerebrovascular Disease and Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
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Neurosurgery
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A 42-year-old female asked:
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Neurosurgery 31 years experience
Size of stroke: The amount of swelling, or edema, around a stroke is related to the volume of tissue infarcted. For a small stroke, swelling shouldn't be a problem. ... Read More
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A member asked:
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Brain blood vessels: A stroke occurs from either occlusion of a blood vessel in the brain (most common)or bleeding in the brain from a blood vessel.
Prevention involves c... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Treating MD: You need to discuss this with the doctor who performed the procedure on you. There are many things this could be. Frequently a follow-up angiogram i... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Bleeding: Bleeding on or inside the brain. Locations can be either intraparenchymal, subarachnoid, sub dural, or epidural. Can be related to trauma or spontan... Read More
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A 45-year-old female asked:
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No relationship: Varicose veins have no relationship to cerebral aneurysms. Aneurysms are present in 3-5% of the populace and are more common in smokers and women.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Yes sometimes: When a stroke occurs, there can be brain which has a relatively low blood supply but is still alive and salvageable along with already dead brain. We... Read More
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A 17-year-old male asked:
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Brain Aneurysm: I assume you mean brain aneurysm, in which case the answer is no. A 2cm aneurysm is very large and will be easily detected by contrasted ( or non/cont... Read More
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A 26-year-old male asked:
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Low: Most surgeons will perform a blood vessel study called a catheter angiogram to confirm complete avm removal after surgery. As long as this is negative... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Failed Conservative: The majority of patients with spine pain improve spontaneously given time and/or conservative treatment with exercise, weight loss, physical therapy, ... Read More
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A 25-year-old male asked:
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Possible : The resolution of an mra is limited to about 2-3 mm in most scanners. It will pick up most significant lesions. In cases where there is a high index ... Read More
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A 34-year-old female asked:
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Yoga: Yoga is great for improving posture, flexibility, balance, and strengthening of the core musculature. All of these can help back pain significantly。.
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A 27-year-old female asked:
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Possibly: Many causes for back pain. Best exercises would be core strengthening, stretching and flexibility exercises. A good physical therapist can be invalu... Read More
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A 23-year-old member asked:
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Stress: It might help reduce stress. It otherwise won't have any effect on the aneurysm, .
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Low: Most surgeons will perform a blood vessel study called a catheter angiogram to confirm complete avm removal after surgery. As long as this is negative... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Normal dose: That is the standard dose of Aspirin given to most patients.
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Not seen: These are not well visualized on conventional imaging studies. Usually only if there is an existing abnormality of spinal blood vessels-such in an av... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Decrease the meds: Post operative meds for spine surgery generally include narcotics which frequently cause constipation/nausea/vomiting. Decreasing the narcotic meds a... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Occasionally: Most aneurysms are sporadic and not familial. If two or more first degree relatives in a family carry aneurysms, it is considered genetic and aneurysm... Read More
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A 48-year-old female asked:
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Interpretation : Radiologist interpretation can vary between doctors. For persistent symptoms of back and/or leg pain, consider referral to a spine specialist who can ... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Similar: Those two terms often are used interchangeably. Ddd refers to degenerative disc disease specifically. Spondylosis refers to degeneration in the spine ... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Brain Blood Vessels: In the brain , an avm is typically a twisted tangle of blood vessels where is an abnormal connection between arteries and veins. These can also be pr... Read More
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A 19-year-old male asked:
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Body Weight Exercise: To gain weight in a healthy manner you need to exercise with progressive resistance to build muscle. It's a bit slower without weights, but can be don... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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Hemorrhage : Several types: intraparenchymal, epidural, sub dural, and subarachnoid. These can be caused either by trauma (most common) or can be spontaneous. Tre... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Brain Blood Vessels: In the brain , an avm is typically a twisted tangle of blood vessels where is an abnormal connection between arteries and veins. These can also be pr... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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Call MD asap: People with sudden onset of weakness and numbness on one side of the body raise a strong concern for possible stroke, particularly when associated wit... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Infection: Either direct spread of an infection directly adjacent to the brain such as from air sinuses, or hematogenous spread through the bloodstream such as f... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Unlikely: Subarachnoid hemorrhage classically causes severe headaches "the worst headache of my life".
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Varies widely: Size, symptoms and location are determinants of the behavior of these lesions. Most concern is bleeding risk which varies widely. Most doctors monit... Read More
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Depends: Transsphenoidal approach has been standard for years as it avoids brain retraction and optic nerve manipulation. In larger tumors with more of a supr... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Although clipping is the most definitive procedure we have for treating aneurysms, there is a small risk of recurrence and rebleeding.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Most asymptomatic: Rupture with bleeding is most common symptom with severe headache. Other side- effects, include possible milder headaches, and/or less commonly sympt... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Unlikely: Nerve root most commonly compressed by a disc at l5-s1 is the s1 nerve root, less commonly the l5. Compression of either nerve root would cause pain ... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Very unlikely: The radiation dose from the average ct scan is far too low to cause damage.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Brain AVM bleeding: For brain avms, the overall risks of bleeding are 3-4% yearly. Each bleed episode carries a 25% risk of mortality. Overall risk of dying is therefor... Read More
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VP Shunt: Most common procedure is a ventriculoperitoneal shunt where cerebrospinal fluid from the ventricles in the brain are drained with a tube attached to a... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Massage: Symptoms you described most likely from muscle spasm, often due to stress and overwork. Initial therapy would be massage, yoga, gentle exercise. Phy... Read More
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A 54-year-old female asked:
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Dont be worried: That is a tiny dose of aspirin. Unless you have pre-existing problems with GI bleeding i wouldn't worry about the risk of stomach bleeding. There al... Read More
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A 27-year-old male asked:
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Not necessarily: Whole body workouts are fine if you give your body time to recover. Often times a m-w-f schedule can be good. Many athletes alternate days for major m... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Can be normal : About 20% of people have unequal pupils with no underlying cause.
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Conservative: 70 % of patients have improvement and /or resolution of symptoms within 6 weeks with a herniated disc. If sx persist beyond that time, discuss treatme... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Depends: Coiling is less invasive and associated with a much more rapid recovery than clipping. There is also evidence from prospective randomized trials that... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Bleeding most common: Other side- effects, along with bleeding risk, include possible milder headaches, and/or less commonly symptoms of mass effect from some larger and gi... Read More
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"Worst headache": Rupture and bleeding with severe headache. Other side- effects, along with bleeding risk, include possible milder headaches, and/or less commonly sym... Read More
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Unlikely: Unless you have severe persistent pain in the region, it most likely represents only soft tissue trauma.
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Highly unlikely: A bleeding brain aneurysm would be associated with severe headache "worst headache of my life".
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Kettlebells: Incredible and rapid cardio workout. Start with lower weights of 25 or 35 lbs at most. Many free apps for exercises online like the 300 kettlebell c... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Not usually. See MD: A cervical disc on the left can cause pain in to left shoulder/scapula and in to the arm. The pain can give a patient fatigue if sleep is impaired. T... Read More
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Unclear: Narrow disc is not a diagnosis by itself. Odds are in a teenager that it is a variant of normal. In older patients an isolated "narrow disc" can be ... Read More
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Symptom treatment: Facet ablation does not affect or halt the underlying disease, it simply targets underlying pain. Generally it is not performed without prior imaging... Read More
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Interbody Fusion: Removal of the interbody disc and replacement with a bone graft. This allows bony healing across the interspace between vertebral bodies. Often a fu... Read More
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Jan 4, 2014
I am grateful to you for the sake of both the patients and doctors alike. Thank you for bringing your expertise to the Health Tap community!
Dr. Dave Burns
Apr 16, 2014
Dr. Robert Replogle enjoys helping his patients thru education-Dave
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Replogle is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thanks for your quick reply! Current Rx was to stop an allergic reaction...epi was for L&D.
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Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, IL
Graduated 1992MD
Residency
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER
Awards
University of Rochester
HealthTap Founding Doctor
Affiliations
AANS
American Association of Neurological Surgeons / Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Cerebrovascular Section
Society of Lateral Access Surgery (SOLAS)
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