Dr. Kenneth W Falterman MD
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
4704 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy Lafayette LA, 70508Rating
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About
Dr. Kenneth Falterman practices Pediatric Surgery in Lafayette, LA. Dr. Falterman treats children who have an illness, injury, or disease that requires surgery. Some of the surgical problems seen by pediatric surgeons are often quite different from those commonly seen by adult or general surgeons. Dr. Faltermandiagnoses, treats, and manages childrens surgical needs such as abnormalities of the groin in childhood and, surgical repair of birth defects, surgical care of tumors, transplantation operations, and endoscopic procedures.
Education and Training
La State Univ Sch of Med In New Orleans, New Orleans La 1971
Louisiana State Univ School Of Medicine In New Orleans 1971
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans 1971
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Role of tumor angiogenesis factor in maintenance of tumor-induced vessels.
- Thymic enlargement in children.
- The difficult dilation: a method for dilation of severe esophageal strictures in children.
- Louisiana the sportsman's paradise: fishing lure of the esophagus.
- Ventilatory management casebook. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia meeting criteria for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
- Tracheoesophageal compression syndromes related to vascular ring.
- Diagnosis and management of hydrohematometrocolpos syndromes.
- Sigmoid volvulus in children.
- Cancer of the colon, rectum, and anus: a review of 2313 cases.
- Emergency care of the injured child.
- Familial polyposis in children: early detection and preferred treatment.
- Appendicitis in children in the managed care era.
Treatments
- Birth Defects
- Hernia
- Umbilical Hernia
- Ventral Hernia
- Inguinal Hernia
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