Dr. Blair Anderson Jobe MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
138 Gallery Dr Canonsburg PA, 15317About
Dr. Blair Jobe is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Canonsburg, PA. Dr. Jobe specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Jobe typically treats conditions like heart disease and lung disease. This class of surgeon can also include cardiac surgeons, cardiovascular surgeons, congenital heart surgeons and general thoracic surgeons.
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SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Esophageal motility and outcomes following laparoscopic paraesophageal hernia repair and fundoplication.
- The short esophagus: pathophysiology, incidence, presentation, and treatment in the era of laparoscopic antireflux surgery.
- Laryngopharyngeal reflux symptoms better predict the presence of esophageal adenocarcinoma than typical gastroesophageal reflux symptoms.
- Utilization of the delay phenomenon improves blood flow and reduces collagen deposition in esophagogastric anastomoses.
- Endoscopic measurement of cardia circumference as an indicator of GERD.
- EUS characteristics of Nissen fundoplication: normal appearance and mechanisms of failure.
- Clinical review: Healing in gastrointestinal anastomoses, part II.
- Clinical review: Healing in gastrointestinal anastomoses, part I.
- Unsedated small-caliber upper endoscopy: an emerging diagnostic and therapeutic technology.
- A model for gastric banding in the treatment of morbid obesity: the effect of chronic partial gastric outlet obstruction on esophageal physiology.
- Incorporation of Nissen fundoplication in a rat model of duodenoesophageal reflux.
- Endoscopic ultrasound for the evaluation of Nissen fundoplication integrity: a blinded comparison with conventional testing.
- Accuracy of pathologic examination in detection of complete response after chemoradiation for esophageal cancer.
- Esophageal motility disorders after gastric banding.
- The effect of antireflux surgery on esophageal carcinogenesis in patients with barrett esophagus: a systematic review.
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