Dr. Javier Esteban Varela MD
Surgeon
521 W STATE ROAD 434 STE 301 LONGWOOD FL, 32750About
Dr. Javier Varela is a general surgeon practicing in Saint Louis, MO. Dr. Varela specializes in abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and often thyroid glands. General surgeons are able to deal with almost any surgical or critical care emergency, also involving the skin or soft tissue trauma. Dr. Varela provides quality surgical service for gravely ill or injured patients and is able to respond quickly due to knowledge of various surgical procedures.
Education and Training
Univ Nac De Colombia, Fac De Med, Bogota, Colombia 1995
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Reduction in prescription medication costs after laparoscopic gastric bypass.
- Outcomes of bariatric surgery in the elderly.
- Retrocecal appendix location and perforation at presentation.
- Comparison of laparoscopic and open gastrectomy for gastric cancer.
- Outcomes of right and left colectomy at academic centers.
- Outcomes of laparoscopic and open colectomy at academic centers.
- National trends in use and outcome of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding.
- Resolution of systemic hypertension after laparoscopic gastric bypass.
- Retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma in a morbidly obese.
- Laparoscopic repair of large flank hernia staged with laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in the morbidly obese.
- Laparoscopic biomesh hiatoplasty and sleeve gastrectomy in a morbidly obese patient with hiatal hernia.
- Laparoscopic surgery significantly reduces surgical-site infections compared with open surgery.
- Correlations between intra-abdominal pressure and obesity-related co-morbidities.
- Single-site laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: preclinical use of a novel multi-access port device.
- Barrett's esophagus: a late complication of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding.
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