Dr. James Hugh North M.D.
Surgical Oncologist | Surgical Oncology
200 Medical Park Dr Suite 400 Concord NC, 28025Rating
4/5
About
Dr. James North is a surgical oncologist practicing in Concord, NC. Dr. North specializes in diagnosing, staging and treating cancer-related symptoms. Surgical oncologists also decide if the patient is a candidate for surgery or other cancer treatments based on certain factors such as age, physical fitness and other possible coexisting medical conditions
Education and Training
Temple University School of Medicine 1986
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The effects of preperitoneal carbon dioxide insufflation on cardiopulmonary function in pigs.
- Head and neck mucosal melanoma: a 32-year review.
- Predicting conversion of laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis.
- Managing the nondeflating urethral catheter.
- Basic skin flaps for the general surgeon: a teaching method.
- Diaphragmatic hernia after Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy manifested as lower gastrointestinal bleeding.
- Tensile strength of wound closure with cyanoacrylate glue.
- Subcuticular closure versus Dermabond: a prospective randomized trial.
- Splenicgonadal fusion; report of a case.
- Porcine dermal collagen (Permacol) for abdominal wall reconstruction.
- An Epidemiological Study of Diphtheria in a remote New Zealand Community.
- Thoracoscopic management of spontaneous pneumothorax allows prompt return to aviation duties.
- Role of sentinel node biopsy in the management of malignant melanoma.
- Occult thyroid carcinoma manifested as a cystic neck mass.
- Sarcoma of the breast: implications of the extent of local therapy.
Treatments
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Melanoma
- Skin Cancer
- Esophageal Cancer
- Colon Cancer
- Lymphoma
- Gallstones
- Hernia
- Goiter
- Aerolase® Technologies
- Extra Corporeal Shockwave Therapy
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