Professor of Surgery, Indiana University
General Surgery
Dr. Karen W. West, MD
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Karen West works in the field of General Surgery. She went to medical school at Indiana University School of Medicine. Indiana University School of Medicine is ranked 45 in research and 47 in primary care medicine She received 2 awards: "Indianapolis Monthly" and "Fellow (FACS)". Karen W. West is a published doctor. She has 98 publications published. The most current publication "Saccharomyces cerevisiae infections in children."
Publications
- A Single Histrelin Implant Is Effective for 2 Years for Treatment of Central Precocious Puberty.
- Choledochoceles: are they choledochal cysts?
- Influence of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation on subsequent surgeries after congenital Diaphragmatic hernia repair.
- Laparoscopic splenic procedures in children: experience in 231 children.
- Oophorectomy in McCune-Albright syndrome: a case of mistaken identity.
- Incidence of persistent left superior vena cava in esophageal Atresia.
- Long-term outcomes in patients with stage IV neuroblastoma.
- Effect of corticosteroid therapy on outcomes in Biliary atresia after Kasai portoenterostomy.
- Surgical considerations in cystic fibrosis: a 32-year evaluation of outcomes.
- Long-term outcomes in total colonic aganglionosis: a 32-year experience.
- SupraUmbilical pyloromyotomy: a unique indication for antimicrobial prophylaxis.
- Appendicitis in childhood hematologic malignancies: analysis and comparison with typhilitis.
- Duodenal Atresia and stenosis: long-term follow-up over 30 years.
- Surgical management of duodenal injuries in children.
- Laparoscopic splenectomy has become the gold standard in children.
- CT cholangiography of a choledochocele.
- Neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
- Right-to-left shunt from systemic venous to pulmonary venous system developing after SVC Obstruction.
- Mortality prediction and interval until death in near-term and term neonates with respiratory failure.
- Transient right-left interatrial shunt during emergence from anesthesia: demonstration by color flow Doppler mapping.
- Massive hemangioma in infants: therapeutic considerations.
- Colonic strictures in children with cystic fibrosis.
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae infections in children.
- Intravesical phallus in cloacal exstrophy.
- Outcome of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation survivors at age two years: relationship to status at one year.
- Efficacy of magnetic resonance imaging in 139 children with tumors.
- Broviac central venous catheterization in infants and children.
- The role of second-look procedures in the management of retroperitoneal tumors in children.
- Neurodevelopmental outcome and respiratory morbidity for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation survivors at 1 year of age.
- Synergistic effect of hyperthermia, papaverine, and chemotherapy in murine neuroblastoma.
- Significance of portal vein air in necrotizing entercolitis: analysis of 53 cases.
- Bronchoscopy for aspirated foreign bodies in children. Experience in 131 cases.
- Haemophilus parainfluenzae infections in children, with the report of a unique case.
- Vitelline duct anomalies. Experience with 217 childhood cases.
- Generalized juvenile polyposis coli. Clinical management based on long-term observations.
- Complications and reoperation after Nissen fundoplication in childhood.
- Postsplenectomy sepsis: historical background and current concepts.
- Short bowel syndrome in infancy and childhood. Analysis of survival in 60 patients.
- Mediastinal tumors in children: experience with 196 cases.
- Delayed presentation of a right-sided Diaphragmatic hernia and group B streptococcal sepsis. Two case reports and a review of the literature.
- Second-look laparotomy for Wilms' tumor: indications and results in 19 patients.
- Necrotizing enterocolitis: factors affecting mortality in 101 surgical cases.
- The anatomic pattern of Biliary atresia identified at time of Kasai hepatoportoenterostomy and early postoperative clearance of jaundice are significant predictors of ...
- Esophageal replacement in children: experience with thirty-one cases.
- Ventricular gallbladder shunts: an alternative procedure in hydrocephalus.
- Neuroblastoma in the first year of life: clinical and biologic factors influencing outcome.
- Peritoneal dialysis in the first 60 days of life.
- Changing trends in necrotizing enterocolitis. Experience with 302 cases in two decades.
- Gastroschisis: a plea for risk categorization.
- Vasoactive Intestinal polypeptide-secreting ganglioneuromatosis affecting the entire colon and rectum.
- Staphylococcus epidermidis sepsis in pediatric patients: clinical and therapeutic considerations.
- The utility of lung biopsy in recipients of stem cell transplantation.
- Hirschsprung's Disease. Evaluation of mortality and long-term function in 260 cases.
- Steroids and poor nutrition are associated with infectious wound complications in children undergoing first stage procedures for ulcerative colitis.
- GastroIntestinal tumors in children: an analysis of 39 cases.
- Pectus excavatum repair: experience with standard and minimal invasive techniques.
- Increased incidence of delayed gastric emptying in children with gastroEsophageal reflux. A prospective evaluation.
- Pulmonary hypertension in neonatal cystic lung Disease: survival following lobectomy and ECMO in two cases.
- Intra-Abdominal complications of cystic fibrosis.
- Neuropathy and vasculopathy in colonic strictures from children with cystic fibrosis.
- Increased risk of necrotizing enterocolitis in premature infants with patent ductus arteriosus treated with indomethacin.
- Analysis of morbidity and mortality in 227 cases of esophageal Atresia and/or tracheoesophageal fistula over two decades.
- Improved survival in children with Esophageal perforation.
- The use of pleuroperitoneal shunts in the management of persistent chylothorax in infants.
- Intestinal Atresia and stenosis: a 25-year experience with 277 cases.
- The spectrum of Biliary tract disorders in infants and children. Experience with 300 cases.
- Long-term follow-up after surgical management of necrotizing enterocolitis: sixty-three cases.
- Delayed onset of Intestinal obstruction in children after unrecognized seat belt injury.
- Intussusception: current management in infants and children.
- An analysis of pediatric trauma deaths in Indiana.
- Long-term analysis of children with esophageal Atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula.
- Failure of percutaneous drainage in children with traumatic pancreatic pseudocysts.
- The efficacy of early ERCP in pediatric pancreatic trauma.
- Pancreatic tumors in childhood: analysis of 13 cases.
- Chest wall resection and reconstruction for malignant conditions in childhood.
- Pneumatosis Intestinalis in children beyond the neonatal period.
- Inguinal Hernia in children: factors affecting recurrence in 62 cases.
- GastroIntestinal injuries in childhood: analysis of 53 patients.
- Acquired aganglionosis: a rare occurrence following pull-through procedures for Hirschsprung's Disease.
- Anomalies of Intestinal rotation in childhood: analysis of 447 cases.
- Favorable outcome in children with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome and intraAbdominal malignant tumors.
- Pancreatic disorders in infancy and childhood: experience with 92 cases.
- Postoperative intussusception: experience with 36 cases in children.
- Diagnosis and treatment of symptomatic Breast masses in the pediatric population.
- Efficacy of primary and secondary video-assisted thoracic surgery in children.
- The "other side" of pediatric Hernias: the role of laparoscopy.
- The complex nature of type A (long-gap) esophageal Atresia.
- The efficacy of hepatoportoenterostomy in Biliary atresia.
- GastroIntestinal perforation and peritonitis in infants and children: experience with 179 cases over ten years.
- Inflammatory pseudotumor of the alimentary tract: clinical and surgical experience.
- Portal venous air: the poor prognosis persists.
- Risk factors for acute chest syndrome in children with sickle cell disease undergoing Abdominal surgery.
- The development of gastroEsophageal reflux after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.
- Reoperation after Nissen fundoplication in children with gastroEsophageal reflux: experience with 130 patients.
- Delayed surgical repair and ECMO improves survival in congenital Diaphragmatic hernia.
- A case controlled comparison of open and laparoscopic splenectomy in children.
- Long-term follow-up after bowel resection for necrotizing enterocolitis: factors affecting outcome.
Schools
Indiana University School Of Medicine
Indiana University
Clarian Indiana University Hospital
Riley Hospital
Procedures Preformed
- Adrenalectomy
- Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
- Appendectomy, Open
- Colectomy
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Conditions Treated
- Abdominal Pain
- Adrenal Gland Cancer
- Anorectal Abscess
- Appendicitis
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Doctors Specialties
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Indianapolis Monthly
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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Indiana University School of Medicine
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1578586111 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | WEST | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | KAREN | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 462564673 | |
| NPPES Provider State | IN | |
| Specialty Description | Obstetrics/Gynecology | |
| Total Claim Count | 69.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1578586111 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | WEST |
| First Name Of The Provider | KAREN |
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