David Reed Flum
Surgeon
University Of Washington Medical Ctr 1959 Ne Pacific St Seattle WA, 98195About
Dr. Flum is a board-certified general surgeon whose areas of particular expertise include surgical management of gastrointestinal disorders; advanced laparoscopy; biliary tract disorders; complex abdominal ...
Education and Training
Univ of Miami Sch of Med, Miami Fl 1991
Univ of Miami School of Medicine 1991
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine 1991
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The accuracy of gastric insufflation in testing for gastroesophageal perforations during laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication.
- The clinical and economic correlates of misdiagnosed appendicitis: nationwide analysis.
- Have outcomes of incisional hernia repair improved with time? A population-based analysis.
- A cost-effectiveness analysis of intraoperative cholangiography in the prevention of bile duct injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
- Should cholecystectomy be performed for asymptomatic cholelithiasis in transplant patients?
- Processes and outcomes of care among navajo women with breast cancer.
- Prevalence and predictors of asymptomatic liver disease in patients undergoing gastric bypass surgery.
- Impact of surgical clipping on survival in unruptured and ruptured cerebral aneurysms: a population-based study.
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy safer than open? Administrative data gone astray.
- Survival after lower-extremity amputation.
- The timing of elective colectomy in diverticulitis: a decision analysis.
- Primary anastomosis or Hartmann's procedure for patients with diverticular peritonitis? A systematic review.
- Are bariatric surgical outcomes worth their cost? A systematic review.
- Evaluating diagnostic accuracy in appendicitis using administrative data.
- Hartmann's colectomy and reversal in diverticulitis: a population-level assessment.
Treatments
- Islet Transplant For Type I Diabetes
- Kidney Transplant
Fellowships
- Cooper Hospital / University Medical Center
- UW - Robert Wood Johnson Scholars
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