Associate Professor, Child Health, UA College of Medicine-Phoenix

General Surgery

Ravindra K. Vegunta, MD works in the field of General Surgery. He went to medical school at Kilpauk Medical College. He has 1 awards "Fellow (FACS)". Ravindra Vegunta has written publications. He has 26 publications published with PubMed. The lastest paper is: 'Purification and characterization of novel heparin-binding growth factors in uterine secretory fluids. Identification as heparin-regulated Mr 10,000 forms of connectiv...'

Publications

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• TransUmbilical laparoscopically assisted appendectomy: an alternative minimally invasive technique in pediatric patients.
• Laparoscopic Ladd's procedure: treatment of choice for midgut malrotation in infants and children.
• Methylene blue: a simple marker for intraoperative detection of gastroduodenal perforations during laparoscopic pyloromyotomy.
• Incision and loop drainage: a minimally invasive technique for subcutaneous Abscess management in children.
• The novel use of Nuss bars for reconstruction of a massive flail chest.
• A prospective study of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in children scheduled for elective surgery.
• Efficacy of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the pediatric population.
• Complications associated with the Nuss procedure: continued evolution of the learning curve.
• Practice makes perfect: progressive improvement of laparoscopic pyloromyotomy results, with experience.
• Biliary dyskinesia: the most common indication for cholecystectomy in children.
• Perinatal management of gastroschisis: Analysis of a newly established clinical pathway.
• Differences in the outcome of surgically placed long-term central venous catheters in neonates: neck vs groin placement.
• Laparoscopic appendectomy in children: technically feasible and safe in all stages of acute Appendicitis.
• Splanchnic perfusion pressure: a better predictor of safe primary closure than intraabdominal pressure in neonatal gastroschisis.
• Adding dietary green beans resolves the diarrhea associated with bowel surgery in neonates: a case study.
• Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction in children with recurrent abdominal pain: 5-year follow-up after endoscopic sphincterotomy.
• Robotic versus laparoscopic colectomy.
• Collision tumors in children: a review of the literature and presentation of a rare case of mesoblastic nephroma and neuroblastoma in an infant.
• Preoperative diagnosis of extralobar pulmonary sequestration with unusual vasculature: a case report.
• Purification and characterization of novel heparin-binding growth factors in uterine secretory fluids. Identification as heparin-regulated Mr 10,000 forms of connectiv...
• High molecular mass forms of epidermal growth factor in pig uterine secretions.
• Intrathoracic cystic hygroma: a report of three cases.
• Unique protein expression by the TBJ clonal derivative of C1300 murine neuroblastoma.
• Surgical management of abdominal wall defects in infants. Perioperative considerations.
• Simultaneous carriage of multiple genotypes of Staphylococcus aureus in children.

Schools

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• Kilpauk Medical College

• Ohio State University Med Center

• Chldns Hospital

Procedures Preformed

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• Adrenalectomy
• Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
• Appendectomy, Open
• Colectomy
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Conditions Treated

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• Anal Fissure
• Anorectal Abscess
• Appendicitis
• Empyema
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Doctors Specialties

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• Pediatric Surgery
• General Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Fellow (FACS)

Education

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• Nationwide Children's Hospital
• Ohio State University Hospital
• Kilpauk Medical College

Hospital

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• Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center

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