Dr. Robert Louis Ricca MD
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
620 John Paul Jones Cir Naval Medical Center Portsmouth VA, 23708About
Dr. Robert Ricca practices Pediatric Surgery in Portsmouth, VA. Dr. Ricca 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. Riccadiagnoses, 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.
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SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- Surgical Critical Care
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Newborn and toddler intestinal obstruction owing to congenital mesenteric defects.
- Velocity, energy, and helicity of vortex knots and unknots.
- The Role of Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography in the Diagnosis of Choledocholithiasis: Do Benefits Outweigh the Costs?
- Elective pediatric surgical care in a forward deployed setting: What is feasible vs. what is reasonable.
- Lemierre's Syndrome: More Than Just a Sore Throat.
- Chest X-Ray after Line Placement in Pediatric Patients: Is It Always Necessary?
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