Dr. Ivo Alexander Pestana M.D.
Hand Surgeon | Surgery of the Hand
505 Parnassus Ave # M-1202 San Francisco CA, 94143About
Dr. Ivo Pestana is a hand surgeon practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Pestana specializes in caring for hand, wrist and forearm problems without the option of surgery unless necessary. Many hand surgeons are also experts in diagnosing and caring for shoulder and elbow problems and tend to suggest non-surgical treatments such as hand therapy or physical therapy.
Board Certification
Plastic SurgeryAmerican Board of Plastic SurgeryABPS
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Aging exacerbates neointimal formation, and increases proliferation and reduces susceptibility to apoptosis of vascular smooth muscle cells in mice.
- Aging and transplant arteriosclerosis in absence of alloreactivity and immunosuppressive drugs in a rat aortic model: recipient age's contribution.
- Nicotinic and PDGF-receptor function are essential for nicotine-stimulated mitogenesis in human vascular smooth muscle cells.
- Metastatic renal cell carcinoma to the pancreas with splenic portal vein tumor thrombus.
- Changes in dermal histomorphology following surgical weight loss versus diet-induced weight loss in the morbidly obese patient.
- Impact of intraoperative vasopressor use in free tissue transfer for head, neck, and extremity reconstruction.
- Correlation between abdominal perforator vessels identified with preoperative CT angiography and intraoperative fluorescent angiography in the microsurgical breast reconstruction patient.
- Spatial-temporal dynamics and sources of total Hg in a hydroelectric reservoir in the Western Amazon, Brazil.
- An Analysis of Complication Risk Factors in 641 Nipple Reconstructions.
- Risk of ingesting As, Cd, and Pb in animal products in north Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil.
- Use of Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Skin-Containing Free Tissue Transfer.
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