For Clinicians

This page contains selected papers written the the physicians of Rocky Mountain Pediatric Surgery.

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Clinical and Scientific Publications

Activation of pancreatic acinar cells on isolation from tissue: cytokine upregulation via p38 MAP kinase
Ilya Gukovsky, Michelle Mouria, Vjekoslav Zaninovic, Edward Livingston, Stephen J. Pandol, and Anna S. Gukovskaya
Departments of 2Medicine and 1Surgery, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System,
and the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90073
BMC Gastroenterology
Christopher E Savard, Ho-Soon Choi, Sung-Koo Lee, Stephen J Pandol and Sum P Lee
Expression of cytokine and chemokine mRNA and secretion of tumor necrosis factor- by gallbladder epithelial cells: Response to bacterial lipopolysaccharides
Early NF-kB activation is associated with hormone-induced pancreatitis
Ilya Gukovsky, Anna S. Gukovskaya, Vjekoslav Zaninovic and Stephen J. Pandol
Departments of 1Medicine and 2Surgery, Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
West Los Angeles and University of California, Los Angeles, California 90073
Endosurgery and the Senior Pediatric Surgeon
By Jack H.T. Chang, Steven S. Rothenberg, Lee A. Hamby, and Robert W. Suadi
Denver, Colorado
Evaluation of Minimally Invasive Approaches to Achalasia in Children
By Steven S. Rothenberg, David A. Partrick, and Jack H.T. Chang
Denver, Colorado
Experience With Thoracoscopic Lobectomy in Infants and Children
By Steven S. Rothenberg
Denver, Colorado
External Jugular Venous Aneurysm: An Unusual Cause of a Neck Mass in a Young Child
By Abdullah Al-Shaikhi, Saundra Kay, and Jean-Martin Laberge
The first decade’s experience with laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication in infants and children
By Steven S. Rothenberg
Laparoscopic Duodenoduodenostomy for Duodenal Obstruction in Infants and Children
By Steven S. Rothenberg
Denver, Colorado
Minimally Invasive Surgery in Neonates: Ten Years’ Experience
Steven S. Rothenberg, MD, and Jack H.T. Chang, MD
Rational Manipulation of Oxygen Delivery
Melinda Maggard, M.D.
UCLA Division of General Surgery, Los Angeles, California 90095
Surfactant Levels After Reversible Tracheal Occlusion and Prenatal Steroids in Experimental Diaphragmatic Hernia
By Ioana Bratu, Helene Flageole, Jean-Martin Laberge, Fred Possmayer, Robert Harbottle, Saundra Kay, Samir Khalife, and Bruno Piedboeuf
Montreal, Quebec
Ten Years of Experience With Third and Fourth Branchial Remnants
By Moishe Liberman, Saundra Kay, Sherif Emil, He´ le`ne Flageole, Luong T. Nguyen, Ted L. Tew.k, Kamal Oudjhane, and Jean-Martin Laberge
Montreal, Quebec
Thoracoscopic Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis in Children
By Kelly A. Kogut, Anthony J. Bufo, Steven S. Rothenberg, and Thom E Lobe
Memphis, Tennessee; Denver, Colorado; and West Palm Beach, Florida
Thoracoscopy in Infants and Children: The State of the Art
By Steven S. Rothenberg
Chief of Pediatric Surgery, The Mother and Child Hospital at Presbyterian/St Lukes, Denver, Colorado
Thoracoscopic Repair of Tracheoesophageal Fistula in Newborns
By Steven S. Rothenberg
Denver, Colorado
Thoracoscopic Resection of Mediastinal Masses in Infants and Children: An Evaluation of Technique and Results
By David A. Partrick and Steven S. Rothenberg
Denver, Colorado
Total Intracorporeal Laparoscopic Resection of Crohn’s Disease
By S. Dutta, S.S. Rothenberg, J. Chang,
Denver, Colorado

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