Dr. Piero Marco antonio Fisichella MD
Surgeon
2160 S 1st Ave Ems Bldg. Maywood IL, 60153About
Dr. Piero Fisichella is a general surgeon practicing in Maywood, IL. Dr. Fisichella 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. Fisichella 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
University of Malta Faculty of Medicine and Surgery 1994
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- [Difficulties in defining and diagnosing gastroesophageal reflux: practical implications in surgery].
- Preoperative evaluation of patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease.
- Isolated agenesis of the gallbladder: report of a case.
- 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.
- When living related organ donation does not entail a healthy organ: moral implications for both the donor and the recipient.
- Image of the month. Cystic lymphangioma.
- Minilaparoscopic appendectomy for acute appendicitis.
- Richter's hernia through a Spigelian defect of the abdominal wall.
- Laparoscopic Heller myotomy and Dor fundoplication for esophageal achalasia. How I do it.
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease and connective tissue disorders: pathophysiology and implications for treatment.
- Laparoscopic paraesophageal hernia repair. How I do it.
- [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.
Treatments
- Acid Reflux
- Pain
- Hernia
- Inguinal Hernia
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