Dr. Shahab F Abdessalam MD
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
8200 Dodge Street Children's Hospital Omaha NE, 68114Rating
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Dr. Shahab Abdessalam practices Pediatric Surgery in Omaha, NE. Dr. Abdessalam treats children who have an illness, injury, or disease that requires surgery. Some of the surgical problems seen by pediatric surgeons are often quite different from those commonly seen by adult or general surgeons. Dr. Abdessalamdiagnoses, treats, and manages childrens surgical needs such as abnormalities of the groin in childhood and, surgical repair of birth defects, surgical care of tumors, transplantation operations, and endoscopic procedures.
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- Pediatric Surgery
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Selective analysis of the sentinel node in breast cancer.
- Combination therapy with anti-CTL antigen-4 and anti-4-1BB antibodies enhances cancer immunity and reduces autoimmunity.
- Laparoscopic transperitoneal repair of pediatric diaphragm eventration using an endostapler device.
- Chronic cervical esophageal foreign bodies in children: surgical approach after unsuccessful endoscopic management.
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