Associate Professor, Surgery, TX AandM Univ Coll of Med
General Surgery
Dr. Nicholas Onaca, MD
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Nicholas Onaca practices General Surgery. Nicholas Onaca is a published doctor. He published 72 publications, including: 'Closure of the abdomen by mesh for planned re-laparotomy. A technical modification.' He is registered with Medicare and accepts Medicare payments.
Publications
- Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder presenting as a small bowel obstruction in a patient with pancreas transplantation alone.
- Ratio of hepatic arterial flow to recipient body weight predicts biliary complications after deceased donor liver transplantation.
- Tumor biology and pre-transplant locoregional treatments determine outcomes in patients with T3 hepatocellular carcinoma undergoing liver transplantation.
- Sirolimus and cardiovascular disease risk in liver transplantation.
- Evaluation of osmolality of density gradient for human islet purification.
- Secretory unit of islet transplant objects (SUITO) index can predict severity of hypoglycemic episodes in clinical islet cell transplantation.
- Fresh islets are more effective for islet transplantation than cultured islets.
- Improving efficacy of clinical islet transplantation with iodixanol-based islet purification, thymoglobulin induction, and blockage of IL-1β and TNF-α.
- Impact of tissue volume and purification on clinical autologous islet transplantation for the treatment of chronic pancreatitis.
- Association between the secretory unit of islet transplant objects index and satisfaction with insulin therapy among insulin-dependent islet recipients.
- Usefulness of the secretory unit of islet transplant objects (SUITO) index for evaluation of clinical autologous islet transplantation.
- Limiting hepatitis C virus progression in liver transplant recipients using sirolimus-based immunosuppression.
- Abdominal computerized tomography in the diagnosis of Meckel''s diverticulitis in the adult.
- Early reoperation for perirectal abscess: a preventable complication.
- Images of deadly fungal infections after liver transplantation.
- Intravenous rFVIIa administered for hemorrhage control in hypothermic coagulopathic swine with grade V liver injuries.
- Closure of the abdomen by mesh for planned re-laparotomy. A technical modification.
- [Necrosis of the gastric stump following hemigastrectomy for stenotic ulcer of the duodenal bulb].
- [Acute diffuse peritonitis, a rare complication of perianorectal suppuration].
- Will transplant tourism erode the surgical skills of transplant surgeons in Israel?
- ET-Kyoto ductal injection and density-adjusted purification combined with potent anti-inflammatory strategy facilitated single-donor islet transplantation: case reports.
- Super-high-dose islet transplantation is associated with high SUITO index and prolonged insulin independence: a case report.
- Comparison of fresh and cultured islets from human and porcine pancreata.
- Induction of insulin-producing cells from human pancreatic progenitor cells.
- Secretory unit of islet transplant objects (SUITO) index can predict outcome of intravenous glucose tolerance test.
- Excellence of suito index for assessing clinical outcome of islet transplantation.
- Assessment of human islet isolation with four different collagenases.
- Improved method of human islet isolation for young donors.
- Characterization of human pancreatic progenitor cells.
- Vitamin A deficiency associated with enhanced proliferation of bile duct epithelial cells in the rat.
- Assessment of islet quality following international shipping of more than 10,000 km.
- Variables associated with islet yield in autologous islet cell transplantation for chronic pancreatitis.
- Predicting renal failure after liver transplantation from measured glomerular filtration rate: review of up to 15 years of follow-up.
- Low-temperature preservation of isolated islets is superior to conventional islet culture before islet transplantation.
- Indications for combined liver and kidney transplantation: propositions after a 23-yr experience.
- Seven consecutive successful clinical islet isolations with pancreatic ductal injection.
- Impact of sirolimus on the recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after liver transplantation.
- SUITO index for evaluation of efficacy of single donor islet transplantation.
- Estimation of donor usability for islet transplantation in the United States with the kyoto islet isolation method.
- Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: the Baylor experience.
- Iodixanol-controlled density gradient during islet purification improves recovery rate in human islet isolation.
- Improved results of transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: a report from the International Registry of Hepatic Tumors in Liver Transplantation.
- Post-liver transplant survival in hepatitis C patients is improving over time.
- Evidence for Induced Expression of HLA Class II on Human Islets: Possible Mechanism for HLA Sensitization in Transplant Recipients.
- False aneurysm of a hepatic artery branch complicating intrahepatic islet transplantation.
- Islet cell transplantation for the treatment of type 1 diabetes in the USA.
- Ductal injection of JNK inhibitors before pancreas preservation prevents islet apoptosis and improves islet graft function.
- Intraoperative imaging of pancreas transplant allografts using indocyanine green with laser fluorescence.
- Pancreatic islet cell transplantation: update and new developments.
- Pancreatic and duodenal homeobox gene 1 induces hepatic dedifferentiation by suppressing the expression of CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein beta.
- Expanded criteria for liver transplantation in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: a report from the International Registry of Hepatic Tumors in Liver Transplantat...
- Radiofrequency thermal ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma before liver transplantation--a clinical and histological examination.
- MELD-based allocation scheme for liver transplantation in Israel.
- Liver and kidney transplantation for polycystic liver and kidney-renal function and outcome.
- An outcome comparison between primary liver transplantation and retransplantation based on the pretransplant MELD score.
- Baylor Regional Transplant Institute: an update on liver, kidney, and pancreas transplantation.
- Pancreatic islet cell transplantation: a treatment strategy for type I diabetes mellitus.
- Cadaveric orthotopic auxiliary split liver transplantation and kidney transplantation: an alternative for type 1 primary hyperoxaluria.
- Liver transplantation after backtable resection of giant hemangioma.
- Xanthomas disappear rapidly after liver transplantation for familial hypercholesterolemia.
- Insulin independence by supplemental islet transplantation 5 years after initial islet transplantation.
- Cluster analysis of self-monitoring blood glucose assessments in clinical islet cell transplantation for type 1 diabetes.
- Malpositioned transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in the common hepatic duct leading to biliary obstruction and liver transplantation.
- Comparison of modified Celsior solution and M-kyoto solution for pancreas preservation in human islet isolation.
- One hundred human pancreatic islet isolations at Baylor Research Institute.
- Implication of pancreatic image findings in total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation for chronic pancreatitis.
- Reconstruction of pancreatic duct for previous Puestow operation for an islet autotransplantation.
- Body mass index reflects islet isolation outcome in islet autotransplantation for patients with chronic pancreatitis.
- Renal-sparing immunosuppressive protocol using OKT3 after liver transplantation: a 19-year single-institution experience.
- Pretransplant MELD score as a predictor of outcome after liver transplantation for chronic hepatitis C.
- A correlation between the pretransplantation MELD score and mortality in the first two years after liver transplantation.
Doctors Specialties
- General Surgery
- Transplant Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Hospital
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Baylor All Saints Medical Center at Fort Worth -
Baylor University Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1043267941 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | ONACA | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | NICHOLAS | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 761044110 | |
| NPPES Provider State | TX | |
| Specialty Description | General Surgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 1285.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 2.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 80.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 6.23 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1043267941 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | ONACA |
| First Name Of The Provider | NICHOLAS |
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