Professor of Surgery, Brown University
General Surgery
Dr. Francois I. Luks, MD
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Dr. Francois I. Luks is an expert in the field of General Surgery. He over the years received 4 awards: "Regional Top Doctor", "President", "Fellow (FAAP)" and "Fellow (FACS)". Francois Luks is a published doctor and has 100 publications published. The lastest was: 'The changing presentation of pyloric stenosis.'
Publications
- Current Selection Criteria and Perioperative Therapy Used for Fetal Myelomeningocele Surgery.
- Maintaining low transfusion and angioembolization rates in the age of nonoperative management of pediatric blunt splenic injury.
- Placental weight, birth weight and fetal:placental weight ratio in dichorionic and monochorionic twin gestations in function of gestational age, cord insertion type an...
- Maternal and fetal safety of fluid-restrictive general anesthesia for endoscopic fetal surgery in monochorionic twin gestations.
- Use of white blood cell count and negative appendectomy rate.
- Laser ablation of placental anastomoses in twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome: preoperative predictors of death by recursive partitioning.
- Correlation between cord insertion type and superficial choriovasculature in diamniotic-monochorionic twin placentas.
- Laser Ablation of Placental Vessels in Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome: A Paradigm for Endoscopic Fetal Surgery.
- Blast injuries--and the pivotal role of trauma surgeons.
- Preoperative predictors of death in twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome treated with laser ablation of placental anastomoses.
- Effect of delay in presentation on rate of perforation in children with Appendicitis.
- Placental characteristics of selective birth weight discordance in diamniotic-monochorionic twin gestations.
- Influence of experience, case load, and stage distribution on outcome of endoscopic laser surgery for TTTS--a review.
- Placental markers of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome in diamniotic-monochorionic twins: A morphometric Analysis of deep artery-to-vein anastomoses.
- Feto-fetal transfusion syndrome in monochorionic quadruplets.
- Eliminating the effects of paradoxic imaging during laparoscopic surgery.
- Reflectance spectrometry for real-time hemoglobin determination of placental vessels during endoscopic laser surgery for twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome.
- The pediatric surgeons' contribution to in utero treatment of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome.
- Endotoxin alters early fetal lung morphogenesis.
- Head-motion-controlled video goggles: preliminary concept for an interactive laparoscopic image display (i-LID).
- Dual localization technique for thoracoscopic resection of lung lesions in children.
- Surgical performance with head-mounted displays in laparoscopic surgery.
- The use of intraabdominal tissue expanders as a primary strategy for closure of giant omphaloceles.
- Survival after laser surgery for twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome: when are they out of the woods?
- The Fas system confers protection against alveolar disruption in hyperoxia-exposed newborn mice.
- Thoracoscopic resection of a giant thymolipoma in a 4-year-old girl.
- Fas-ligand-induced apoptosis of respiratory epithelial cells causes disruption of postcAnalicular alveolar development.
- Power and interpretation of a randomized study on the treatment of severe twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome.
- High incidence of postoperative bowel obstruction in newborns and infants.
- Port insertion and removal techniques to minimize premature rupture of the membranes in endoscopic fetal surgery.
- Perinatal management of congenital cystic lung lesions in the age of minimally invasive surgery.
- Isolated computed tomography diagnosis of pulmonary contusion does not correlate with increased morbidity.
- What--and why--the pediatric surgeon should know about twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome.
- Is there a role for routine preoperative endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography for suspected choledocholithiasis in children?
- Advanced small cell carcinoma of the ovary in a pediatric patient with long-term survival and review of the literature.
- Intratwin arteriovenous Fistula of the placenta in a case of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome.
- Pulmonary embolism: which pediatric trauma patients are at risk?
- Pediatric trauma patients with isolated airway compromise or Glasgow Coma Scale less than 8: does immediate attending surgeon's presence upon arrival make a difference?
- Expression of apoptosis-related genes after fetal tracheal occlusion in rabbits.
- Fas/FasL-mediated apoptosis in perinatal murine lungs.
- Pediatric splenic injuries with a contrast blush: successful nonoperative management without angiography and embolization.
- Core excision of the foramen cecum for recurrent thyroglossal duct cyst after Sistrunk operation.
- Placental findings after laser ablation of communicating vessels in twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome.
- Open and laparoscopic appendectomy are equally safe and acceptable in children.
- Minimal-access fetal surgery for twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome.
- Experience with a multidisciplinary antenatal diagnosis and management model in fetal medicine.
- In-line image projection accelerates task performance in laparoscopic appendectomy.
- Renal tubular apoptosis in twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome.
- Laparoscopic gastrostomy in infants and children.
- Demonstration of placental vascular anatomy in monochorionic twin gestations.
- Preoperative planning with magnetic resonance imaging and computerized volume rendering in twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome.
- Intestinal atresia associated with twin-twin transfusion syndrome.
- Effect of lung fluid composition on type II cellular activity after tracheal occlusion in the fetal lamb.
- Fas ligand expression coincides with alveolar cell apoptosis in late-gestation fetal lung development.
- Requirements for fetal surgery: the diaphragmatic Hernia model.
- Short-term tracheal occlusion corrects pulmonary vascular anomalies in the fetal lamb with diaphragmatic Hernia.
- Late-gestation tracheal occlusion in the fetal lamb causes rapid lung growth with type II cell preservation.
- Short-term tracheal occlusion in fetal lambs with diaphragmatic Hernia improves lung function, even in the absence of lung growth.
- The unpredictable character of congenital cystic lung lesions.
- Primary repair of long-gap esophageal Atresia by mobilization of the distal esophagus.
- Primary laparoscopic placement of peritoneal dialysis catheters in children and young adults.
- Gelatin sponge plug to seal fetoscopy port sites: technique in ovine and primate models.
- Cost-effectiveness of laparoscopy in children.
- Lung growth response after tracheal occlusion in fetal rabbits is gestational age-dependent.
- Natural protective mechanisms against endoscopic white-light injury in the fetal lamb eye.
- The role of apoptosis in normal and accelerated lung development in fetal rabbits.
- Incidence of contralateral inguinal hernia: a prospective Analysis.
- Selective use of ultrasonography for acute Appendicitis in children.
- The changing presentation of Pyloric stenosis.
- Predictive value of monitoring parameters in fetal surgery.
- Temporary tracheal occlusion causes catch-up lung maturation in a fetal model of diaphragmatic Hernia.
- Single-port tracheoscopic surgery in the fetal lamb.
- Laparoscopic appendectomy and duodenocolonic dissociation (LADD) procedure for malrotation.
- Peritoneal drainage as definitive treatment for Intestinal perforation in infants with extremely low birth weight (<750 g).
- Temporal pattern of accelerated lung growth after tracheal occlusion in the fetal rabbit.
- Fate of the type II pneumocyte following tracheal occlusion in utero: a time-course study in fetal sheep.
- Wandering spleen presenting as duodenal obstruction after repair of congenital diaphragmatic Hernia.
- Access techniques in endoscopic fetal surgery.
- Amnioinfusion with Hartmann''s solution: a safe distention medium for endoscopic fetal surgery in the ovine model.
- A modified feeding Roux-en-Y jejunostomy in the neurologically damaged child.
- Fetal lung growth after tracheal ligation is not solely a pressure phenomenon.
- Child abuse as a cause of traumatic chylothorax.
- Selective preservation of the Anal transition zone in ileoAnal pouch procedures.
- External compression as initial management of giant omphaloceles.
- Pyloric stenosis in the age of ultrasonography: fading skills, better patients?
- The effect of open and endoscopic fetal surgery on uteroplacental oxygen delivery in the sheep.
- Endoscopic tracheal obstruction with an expanding device in a fetal lamb model: preliminary considerations.
- Gasless laparoscopy in infants: the rabbit model.
- Intrauterine endoscopic creation of urinary tract obstruction in the fetal lamb: a model for fetal surgery.
- Absence of electrical uterine activity after endoscopic access for fetal surgery in the rhesus monkey.
- Infrared fetoscopy in the sheep.
- A model for fetal surgery through intrauterine endoscopy.
- Extracorporeal surgical knot.
- Fetoscopy-guided fetal endoscopy in a sheep model.
- Carbon dioxide pneumoamnios causes acidosis in fetal lamb.
- Surgical and metabolic aspects of liver transplantation for tyrosinemia.
- Endoscopic fetal surgery: a new alternative?
- Biliary tract complications in pediatric orthotopic liver transplantation.
- Tailgut remnant--or teratoma?
Schools
Universitair Instelling Antwerpen
Catholic Med Center
Luth Med Center
Catheterization University Leuven
Hospital Ste Justine
Procedures Preformed
- Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
- Decortication and Pleurectomy
- Enterostomy (Laparoscopic or Open)
- Gallbladder Removal (Cholecystectomy), Laparoscopic
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Conditions Treated
- Anal Fistula
- Appendicitis
- Hodgkin's Disease
- Inguinal Hernia
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Doctors Specialties
- Pediatric Surgery
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Regional Top Doctor
- President
- Fellow (FAAP)
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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University of Antwerp Faculty of Medicine
Hospital
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Rhode Island Hospital
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