Dr. William Scott Helton M.D.
Surgeon
1100 9th Ave Ms: C6-Gsur Seattle WA, 98101About
Dr. William Helton is a general surgeon practicing in Seattle, WA. Dr. Helton 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. Helton 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
University of California 1981
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Transjugular intrahepatic portasystemic shunt vs surgical shunt in good-risk cirrhotic patients: a case-control comparison.
- The A.S.P.E.N. 2000 Research Workshop: Nutrition Support in Transplantation.
- Using small-group workshops to improve surgical residents' technical skills.
- 2001 consensus statement on benign anorectal disease.
- The role of pancreatoscopy in the preoperative evaluation of intraductal papillary mucinous tumor of the pancreas.
- Dieulafoy's disease.
- Treatment strategies for hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhosis.
- Auto-islet transplantation after pancreatectomy.
- Portal hypertension and bleeding esophageal varices.
- O-side chain of Escherichia coli endotoxin 0111:B4 is transported across the intestinal epithelium in the rat: evidence for increased transport during total parenteral nutrition.
- The development of expertise: animal models?
- Ocular melanoma metastatic to the liver: the role of surgery in multimodality therapy.
- Minimizing complications with radiofrequency ablation for liver cancer: the importance of properly controlled clinical trials and standardized reporting.
- 1990-2001 US general surgery chief resident gastric surgery operative experience: analysis of paradigm shift.
- Large scrotal hernia: a complicated case of mesh migration, ascites, and bowel strangulation.
Treatments
- Pancreatic Cancer Surgery, Liver Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery And More
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Pancreatitis
- Gallstones
- Pain
- Hernia
- Inguinal Hernia
Fellowships
- Liver and Pancreas Surgery, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1991
- Metabolism and Nutrition, Harvard University, Boston 1990
- GI Peptide Physiology, University of Washington, Seattle 1987
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