Dr. Francois I Luks MD
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
2 Dudley St Suite 190 Providence RI, 02905Rating
4/5
About
Francois I. Luks, MD is professor of surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and is a member of the Division of Pediatric Surgery at Has ...
Education and Training
Universitair Instelling Antwerpen MD
Universitair Instelling Antwerpen 1983
Universiteit Antwerpen Faculteit Geneeskunde en Gezondheidswetenschappen 1983
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- Pediatric Surgery
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD- 1992
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The paediatric chest tube.
- Selective use of ultrasonography for acute appendicitis in children.
- The role of apoptosis in normal and accelerated lung development in fetal rabbits.
- 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.
- Gelatin sponge plug to seal fetoscopy port sites: technique in ovine and primate models.
- Primary repair of long-gap esophageal atresia by mobilization of the distal esophagus.
- 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.
- Requirements for fetal surgery: the diaphragmatic hernia model.
- Fas ligand expression coincides with alveolar cell apoptosis in late-gestation fetal lung development.
- Fetal surgery.
- Renal tubular apoptosis in twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome.
- [Cysts of the choledochus in children: experience of the Sainte-Justine hospital].
- Changes in the presentation of intussusception.
Treatments
- Fetal Surgery, Laparoscopic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Birth Defects
- Pain
- Hernia
- Cellulitis
- Umbilical Hernia
- Inguinal Hernia
- Ganglion Cyst
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