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General Surgery
Dr. Thomas R. Gadacz, MD
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Thomas R. Gadacz, MD is an expert in the field of General Surgery. He attended Saint Louis University School of Medicine. Saint Louis University School of Medicine has a rank of 67 in research and a 57 in primary care He received 1 awards: "Fellow (FACS)". Thomas R. Gadacz has written publications. He has 96 publications published with PubMed. The lastest paper is: 'Leiomyosarcoma of the colon: a second malignant neoplasm after treatment for a Wilms' tumor.'
Publications
- Governor's committee on socioeconomic issues: an update.
- Massive fecal impaction presenting with megarectum and perforation of a stercoral ulcer at the rectosigmoid junction.
- A survey of the work effort of full-time surgeons of the Southeastern Surgical Congress.
- Tailgut cyst (retrorectal cystic hamartoma): report of a case and review of the literature.
- Esophageal cancer: is there hope?
- A changing culture in interpersonal and communication skills.
- Esophagectomy: what is the best approach?
- Background: Tokyo Guidelines for the management of acute cholangitis and cholecystitis.
- Need for criteria for the diagnosis and severity assessment of acute cholangitis and cholecystitis: Tokyo Guidelines.
- Definitions, pathophysiology, and epidemiology of acute cholangitis and cholecystitis: Tokyo Guidelines.
- Flowcharts for the diagnosis and treatment of acute cholangitis and cholecystitis: Tokyo Guidelines.
- Diagnostic criteria and severity assessment of acute cholangitis: Tokyo Guidelines.
- Diagnostic criteria and severity assessment of acute cholecystitis: Tokyo Guidelines.
- Practice guidelines for patients with gastrointestinal surgical diseases.
- Bile acids are not equally damaging to the gastric mucosa.
- Effect of an H-2 antagonist on gallbladder contraction.
- Visceral vessel erosion associated with pancreatitis. Case reports and a review of the literature.
- Bile acid composition in patients with and without symptoms of postoperative refulx gastritis.
- Efficacy of Capmul and the dissolution of biliary stones.
- Intussusception of the excluded segment following jejuno-ileal bypass.
- Postcholecystectomy diarrhea.
- Impaired lithocholate sulfation in the rhesus monkey: a possible mechanism for chenodeoxycholate toxicity.
- The continent ileal pouch: absorptive and motor features.
- Inhibition of water absorption by ricinoleic acid. Evidence against hormonal mediation of the effect.
- Selective cholangiography. Current role in laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
- Comparison of open and laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
- Laparoscopic approach to cholecystectomy.
- Laparoscopic guided cholecystectomy.
- Traditional versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
- Cost-effectiveness of extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy versus cholecystectomy for symptomatic gallstones.
- Reoperation versus alternatives in retained biliary calculi.
- Adenocarcinoma of the ileostomy: the latent risk of cancer after colectomy for ulcerative colitis and familial polyposis.
- Gallstone dissolution.
- Fragmentation of human gallstones using ultrasound and electrohydraulic lithotripsy: experimental and clinical experience.
- The importance to the practicing surgeon of knowing the human immunodeficiency virus status of patients.
- Porcine model for the development of interventional techniques in the gallbladder.
- Peritoneovenous shunting as compared with medical treatment in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis and massive ascites. Veterans Administration Cooperative Study on Trea...
- Bile salt binding by maalox, sucralfate, and meciadanol: in vitro and clinical comparisons.
- Prospective microbiologic surveillance in control of nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
- Adjuncts and modifications to basket retrieval of retained biliary calculi.
- Quantitative infrared spectroscopy of common bile duct gallstones.
- Agents for gallstone dissolution.
- The significance of gastric bile reflux seen at endoscopy.
- The preoperative electrocardiogram as an indicator of risk in major noncardiac surgery.
- Bile salt malabsorption in pancreatic insufficiency secondary to alcoholic pancreatitis.
- Ultrasonic fragmentation of gallstones in vitro.
- Routine preoperative exercise testing in patients undergoing major noncardiac surgery.
- Transhiatal (blunt) esophagectomy for malignant and benign esophageal disease: clinical experience and technique.
- Superficial gastric erosions. Response to surgical treatment.
- Changing clinical spectrum of splenic abscess.
- Comparison of the effect of several gastrin-related compounds on acid secretion in dogs.
- Meconium ileus secondary to partial aplasia of the pancreas: report of a case.
- The surgical management of acute gastric mucosal bleeding.
- Substernal gastric bypass for palliation of esophageal carcinoma: rationale and technique.
- Primary aortoduodenal fistula: manifestation, diagnosis, and treatment.
- Surgical resection for non-small cell carcinoma following chemotherapy induced complete regression of small-cell carcinoma.
- Comparison of antacids on the binding of bile salts.
- Prevalence and natural history of distal common bile duct stenosis in alcoholic pancreatitis.
- Common bile duct complications of pancreatitis evaluation and treatment.
- Exogastric leiomyosarcoma with ultrastructural analysis.
- A comparison of the toxicity of two agents that dissolve cholesterol stones.
- Impairment of human lymphocyte function by bile salts.
- Toxic effects of intrahepatic reflux of monooctanoin in a canine model.
- The role of topical antibiotics in "high-risk" biliary surgery.
- Tauroursodeoxycholic acid is less damaging than taurochenodeoxycholic acid to the gastric and esophageal mucosa.
- Bile absorption occurs during disruption of the esophageal mucosal barrier.
- Prolonged WBC depression after cimetidine in a patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia.
- Factors affecting mortality in biliary tract surgery.
- An appraisal of en bloc resection of peripheral bronchogenic carcinoma involving the thoracic wall.
- Transhepatic decompression of the biliary tree in Caroli's disease.
- Effect of mono-octanoin on canine gastric mucosa.
- Selection of patients for dissolution of retained common duct stones with mono-octanoin.
- Suppression of lymphocyte function after aortic reconstruction. Use of nonimmunosuppressive anesthesia.
- The effect of monooctanoin on retained common duct stones.
- Construction of an ileocecal valve and its role in massive resection of the small intestine.
- Bile salt composition and concentration as determinants of canine gastric mucosal injury.
- Prospective evaluation of the safety and efficacy of laparoscopic jejunostomy.
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in children with sickle cell disease.
- Crucial anatomic lessons for laparoscopic herniorrhaphy.
- An experimental model for laparoscopic common bile duct exploration.
- Comparison of adhesion formation in transperitoneal laparoscopic herniorrhaphy techniques.
- Emergency laparoscopy in trauma, acute abdomen and intensive care unit patients.
- Laparoscopic anatomy of the biliary tree.
- U.S. experience with laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
- Laparoscopically harvested omental free flap to cover a large soft tissue defect.
- Management of choledocholithiasis encountered during laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
- Laparoscopic management of peptic ulcer disease.
- The effects of octreotide on healing of small bowel anastomosis.
- The subxiphoid laparoscopic approach for resection of mediastinal parathyroid adenoma after successful localization with TC-99m-sestamibi radionuclide scan.
- Comparison of CO2 laser, electrocautery, and scalpel incisions on acute-phase reactants in rat skin.
- General surgical clinical pathways: an introduction.
- Nonoperative management of liver and/or splenic injuries: effect on resident surgical experience.
- Malignant rhabdoid tumor of the duodenum.
- Leiomyosarcoma of the colon: a second malignant neoplasm after treatment for a Wilms' tumor.
- Update on laparoscopic cholecystectomy, including a clinical pathway.
Schools
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Doctors Specialties
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education -
UCSF -
University of Chicago -
Saint Louis University School of Medicine