Dr. Frank C Lucente M.D.
Surgeon | Surgical Critical Care
1201 Washington Street, E Suite 103 Charleston WV, 25301Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Frank Lucente is a general surgeon practicing in Charleston, WV. Dr. Lucente specializes in abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and often thyroid glands. General surgeons are able to deal with almost any surgical or critical care emergency, also involving the skin or soft tissue trauma. Dr. Lucente provides quality surgical service for gravely ill or injured patients and is able to respond quickly due to knowledge of various surgical procedures.
Education and Training
Wv Univ Sch of Med, Morgantown Wv 1985
West Virginia University School of Medicine 1985
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- Surgical Critical Care
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The risk of ligation of the left renal vein in resection of the abdominal aortic aneurysm.
- Early diagnosis and survival of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms.
- Elective resection of 332 abdominal aortic aneurysms in a southern West Virginia community during a recent five-year period.
- Factors affecting survival of patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm in
- Paradoxical embolism: an underestimated entity. A plea for comprehensive work-up.
- Edema after femoropopliteal bypass surgery: lymphatic and venous theories of causation.
- Cross-filling of circle of Willis and carotid stenosis by angiography, duplex ultrasound, and oculopneumoplethysmography.
- Laparoscopic staging laparotomy with intra-abdominal manipulation.
- Diagnosis and treatment of blunt cardiac rupture.
- Laparoscopy-associated mesenteric vascular events: description of an evolving clinical syndrome.
Treatments
- Concussion
- Gallstones
- Pain
- Hernia
- Cellulitis
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Practice At 1201 Washington Street, E Suite 103
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