General Surgery and Trauma, Cuenca-Ecuador
General Surgery
Dr. Edgar B. Rodas, MD
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Edgar Rodas is an expert in the field of General Surgery. He has 1 awards "Fellow (FACS)". Edgar Rodas is also a published MD. He has 23 paper published. The most recent paper is: Minilaparoscopy without general anesthesia for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis.
Publications
- International Trauma Teleconference: Evaluating Trauma Care and Facilitating Quality Improvement.
- Minimally Invasive Components Separation-An Updated Method for Closure of Abdominal Wall Defects.
- Surviving a transfixing cardiac injury caused by a stingray barb.
- Trauma education and care in the jungle of Ecuador, where there is no advanced trauma life support.
- Hyperacute abdominal compartment syndrome: an unrecognized complication of massive intraoperative resuscitation for extra-abdominal injuries.
- Telesurgical presence and consultation for open surgery.
- Training to serve unmet surgical needs worldwide.
- Ratification of IATSIC/WHO's guidelines for essential trauma care assessment in the South American region.
- Intermittent and mobile surgical services: logistics and outcomes.
- Telemedicine and electronic health information for clinical continuity in a mobile surgery program.
- Telemedicine to integrate intermittent surgical services into primary care.
- Low-bandwidth telemedicine for pre- and postoperative evaluation in mobile surgical services.
- Use of mobile low-bandwith telemedical techniques for extreme telemedicine applications.
- Mobile surgery: a new frontier.
- Real-time Internet connections: implications for surgical decision making in laparoscopy.
- Evaluation of the effectiveness of portable low-bandwidth telemedical applications for postoperative followup: initial results.
- A simplified technique for laparoscopic jejunostomy and gastrostomy tube placement.
- Minilaparoscopy without general anesthesia for the diagnosis of acute Appendicitis.
- Laparoscopic repair of potentially contaminated abdominal ventral Hernias using a xenograft: a case series.
- Surgical Complications: Mobile Surgery vs. Hospital Surgery.
- Telemedicine and mobile surgery in extreme conditions: the Ecuadorian experience.
- Surviving a delayed trans-Diaphragmatic hepatic rupture complicated by an acute superior vena cava and thoracic compartment syndromes.
Schools
Universidad De Cuenca Facultad De Ciencias Medicas
Procedures Preformed
- Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
- Appendectomy, Open
- Colectomy
- Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
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Conditions Treated
- Anal Fissure
- Anorectal Abscess
- Appendicitis
- Atelectasis
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Doctors Specialties
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna HMO
- Choice Plus POS II
- Amerigroup (Wellpoint)
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Care HMO
- BlueDental Choice
- NetworkBlue
- Coventry Health Care
- Choice Care PPO
- Preferred PPO
- Select HMO
- Medicare MCR
- Molina
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Neighborhood Health Partnership
- Options PPO
Awards
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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Virginia Commonwealth University Health System -
University of Cuenca Faculty of Medical Science
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