Dr. Frederick Karl Merkel M.D.
Surgeon
151 Sheridan Rd Kenilworth IL, 60043About
Dr. Frederick Merkel is a general surgeon practicing in Kenilworth, IL. Dr. Merkel 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. Merkel 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
Johns Hopkins Univ Sch of Med, Baltimore Md 1961
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- An intraluminal technique for arterial occlusion during renal transplantation.
- Five and 10 year follow-up of En Bloc small pediatric kidneys in adult recipients.
- Transplantation of small en bloc kidneys including a horseshoe kidney from donors aged 2 to 60 months to adult recipients: a 13-year experience.
- Automated biopsy device for renal transplant monitoring.
- Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for transplant renal artery stenosis.
- Improved utilization of cadaver kidneys and living related donors.
- Percutaneous treatment of urine leaks in renal transplantation patients.
- An en bloc method for use of small pediatric cadaver kidneys in adult recipients.
- Rescue of en bloc pediatric kidneys damaged during donor hepatectomy.
- Fluid removal with negative-pressure hydrostatic ultrafiltration using a partial vacuum.
- Fluid removal with negative-pressure hydrostatic ultrafiltration using a partial vacuum.
- Organ donation.
- Percutaneous interventional radiologic procedures for diagnosis and treatment of urologic complications in renal transplant patients.
- Intraperitoneal placement of renal transplants.
- Return of function in the thrombosed kidney after transplantation.
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