John H t Waldhausen
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
4800 Sand Point Way Ne Seattle WA, 98105Rating
5/5
About
John Waldhausen, MD is chief of the Division of General and Thoracic Surgery at Seattle Children
Education and Training
Pa State Univ Coll Of Med- Hershey Pa 1986
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine 1986
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Cholecystectomy is becoming an increasingly common operation in children.
- Pediatric postoperative abdominal wound dehiscence: transverse versus vertical incisions.
- Acute appendicitis risks of complications: age and Medicaid insurance.
- Transplantation of adult living donor kidneys into infants and small children.
- Routine intraoperative cholangiography during laparoscopic cholecystectomy minimizes unnecessary endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in children.
- The learning curve associated with pediatric laparoscopic splenectomy.
- Deep soft tissue infections in the neutropenic pediatric oncology patient.
- Swenson revisited: a one-stage, transanal pull-through procedure for Hirschsprung's disease.
- Pyloromyotomy: a comparison of laparoscopic, circumumbilical, and right upper quadrant operative techniques.
- The learning curve associated with laparoscopic pyloromyotomy.
- Branchial cleft and arch anomalies in children.
- Congenital cervical cysts, sinuses and fistulae.
- Review of radiation risks from computed tomography: essentials for the pediatric surgeon.
- Peer assessment of pediatric surgeons for potential risks of radiation exposure from computed tomography scans.
- Low recurrence rate after Gore-Tex/Marlex composite patch repair for posterolateral congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
Treatments
- Birth Defects
- Hernia
- Umbilical Hernia
- Inguinal Hernia
- Extra Corporeal Shockwave Therapy
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4800 SAND POINT WAY NE, PO BOX C-5371 SEATTLE WA 98105