Assistant Professor, Surgery, Loyola University of Chi Stritch School of Medicine
General Surgery
Dr. Piero M. Fisichella, MD
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Piero M. Fisichella is an expert in the field of General Surgery. He went to medical school at University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago. University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago has a rank of 49 in research and a 85 in primary care He has 2 awards "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification" and "Fellow (FACS)". Dr. Piero M. Fisichella is a published doctor as well. He has 64 publications published. The latest was: Hepatic resective surgery in cirrhotic patients. Techniques and results of anatomical segmentectomies.
Publications
- Dietary habits and esophageal Cancer.
- Is Resection of an Esophageal Epiphrenic Diverticulum Always Necessary in the Setting of Achalasia?
- Controversies in Management of Achalasia.
- Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Gastroesophageal Reflux. Implications for Treatment.
- To 'gram or not'? Indications for intraopertive cholangiogram.
- Laparoscopic Treatment of Epiphrenic Diverticula: Preoperative Evaluation and Surgical Technique. How I Do It.
- Presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of oesophageal motility disorders.
- Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy with or without splenectomy: how I do it.
- Gastroesophageal reflux Disease and morbid obesity: is there a relation?
- Laparoscopic paraesophageal Hernia repair. How I do it.
- Gastroesophageal reflux Disease and connective tissue disorders: pathophysiology and implications for treatment.
- Clinical, radiological, and manometric profile in 145 patients with untreated achalasia.
- Management of high-grade dysplasia.
- Laparoscopic Heller myotomy and Dor fundoplication for esophageal achalasia. How I do it.
- The outcome of laparoscopic Heller myotomy for achalasia is not influenced by the degree of esophageal dilatation.
- Laparoscopic fundoplication in elderly patients with gastroesophageal reflux Disease.
- Minilaparoscopic appendectomy for acute Appendicitis.
- Cause and treatment of epiphrenic diverticula.
- Short-term outcomes with small intestinal submucosa for ventral Abdominal hernia.
- Spectrum of esophageal motility disorders: implications for diagnosis and treatment.
- Total fundoplication is superior to partial fundoplication even when esophageal peristalsis is weak.
- Achalasia and chest Pain: effect of laparoscopic Heller myotomy.
- Symptoms are a poor indicator of reflux status after fundoplication for gastroesophageal reflux Disease: role of esophageal functions tests.
- Impact of minimally invasive surgery on the treatment of esophageal achalasia: a decade of change.
- Hepatic resective surgery in cirrhotic patients. Techniques and results of anatomical segmentectomies.
- Effect of laparoscopic fundoplication on gastroesophageal reflux Disease-induced respiratory symptoms.
- Catheter fracture and cardiac migration: a rare complication of totally implantable venous devices.
- [Characterization and prognostic value of colorectal adenomas with molecular genetic markers].
- [Evolution of the technique and indications of mini-invasive surgery of cholelithiasis].
- Esophageal dysmotility and gastroesophageal reflux Disease.
- Laparoscopic Heller myotomy and Dor fundoplication for esophageal achalasia in children.
- Laparoscopic Heller myotomy and Dor fundoplication for achalasia: analysis of successes and failures.
- Laparoscopic Heller myotomy relieves dysphagia in patients with achalasia and low LES pressure following pneumatic dilatation.
- Preoperative evaluation of patients with gastroesophageal reflux Disease.
- [Difficulties in defining and diagnosing gastroesophageal reflux: practical implications in surgery].
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and chest Pain. Results of laparoscopic antireflux surgery.
- Chronic liver Herniation through a right Bochdalek Hernia with acute onset in adulthood.
- Efficacy and safety of elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy in elderly: a case-controlled comparison with the open approach.
- Laparoscopic antireflux surgery: preoperative lower esophageal sphincter pressure does not affect outcome.
- [An evidence-based approach to the laparoscopic repair of paraesophageal Hernias].
- [Laparoscopic Heller myotomy for esophageal achalasia. Is a fundoplication necessary?].
- A review of the potential applications and controversies of non-invasive testing for biomarkers of aspiration in the lung transplant population.
- Laparoscopic fundoplication with or without pyloroplasty in patients with gastroesophageal reflux Disease after lung transplantation: how I do it.
- The evolution of oesophageal function testing and its clinical applications in the management of patients with oesophageal disorders.
- Effect of partial and total laparoscopic fundoplication on esophageal body motility.
- Richter's hernia through a Spigelian defect of the Abdominal wall.
- Image of the month. Cystic lymphangioma.
- When living related organ donation does not entail a healthy organ: moral implications for both the donor and the recipient.
- Hiatal hernias: a review of the pathophysiologic theories and implication for research.
- Laparoscopic antireflux surgery for gastroesophageal reflux Disease after lung transplantation.
- Barrett Esophagus after surgical treatment for achalasia.
- The protective role of laparoscopic antireflux surgery against aspiration of pepsin after lung transplantation.
- Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication combined with posterior gastropexy in the surgical treatment of gastroesophageal reflux Disease (GERD).
- Challenges in the diagnosis of 2009 H1N1 in a lung transplant patient and the long-term implications for prevention and treatment: a case report.
- Current applications of evolving methodologies in gastroesophageal reflux Disease testing.
- The evolution and long-term results of laparoscopic antireflux surgery for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux Disease.
- Hepatic and splenic hydatidosis managed with percutaneous aspiration, injection, and reaspiration (PAIR) of the hepatic cyst and laparoscopic splenectomy.
- Preoperative lower esophageal sphincter pressure has little influence on the outcome of laparoscopic Heller myotomy for achalasia.
- Gastroesophageal reflux Disease after lung transplantation: pathophysiology and implications for treatment.
- Introduction to the Mini-Symposium on new advances in the diagnosis and treatment of gastroesophageal reflux Disease.
- A simple technique of laparoscopic full-thickness anterior Abdominal repair of retrosternal (Morgagni) hernias.
- Isolated agenesis of the gallbladder: report of a case.
- Feline oEsophagus: an unusual cause of dysphagia.
Procedures Preformed
- Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
- Esophagectomy (Esophagogastrostomy, Esophagojejunostomy)
- Esophagomyotomy
- Excision, Shaving, or Destruction of Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue (incl. Mohs Micrographic Surgery), Tissue Transfer
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Conditions Treated
- Abdominal Pain
- Anorectal Abscess
- Appendicitis
- Atelectasis
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Doctors Specialties
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna HMO
- Choice Plus POS II
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Choice
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Open Access Plus
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Coventry Health Care
- HealthLink PPO
- Choice Care PPO
- Medicaid
- Medicare MCR
- PHCS Network PPO
- Mutual of Omaha
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
- United Healthcare
- Worker's Compensation WC
Awards
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago -
University of Catania Faculty of Medicine
Hospital
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Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center
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