Dr. Stephen John Kovach MD
Surgeon
3400 Spruce Street 10 Penn Tower Philadelphia PA, 19104Rating
4/5
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Dr. Stephen Kovach is a general surgeon practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Kovach 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. Kovach provides quality surgical service for gravely ill or injured patients and is able to respond quickly due to knowledge of various surgical procedures.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Gamma probe-confirmed laparoscopic accessory splenectomy.
- Torsion of a wandering spleen.
- Hypophosphatemia after 95 right-lobe living-donor hepatectomies for liver transplantation is not a significant source of morbidity.
- Role of cyclic-AMP responsive element binding (CREB) proteins in cell proliferation in a rat model of hepatocellular carcinoma.
- The "banked" TRAM: a method to insure mastectomy skin-flap survival.
- Skin banking in autologous breast reconstruction.
- Open tibial shaft fractures: I. Evaluation and initial wound management.
- Open tibial shaft fractures: II. Definitive management and limb salvage.
- Quadrimembral amputation: indications and contraindications for vascularized composite allotransplantation.
- Lower extremity free flap outcomes using an anastomotic venous coupler device.
- A retrospective review of outcomes and flap selection in free tissue transfers for complex lower extremity reconstruction.
- Factors associated with readmission following plastic surgery: a review of 10,669 procedures from the 2011 American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program data set.
- Complications in body contouring procedures: an analysis of 1797 patients from the 2005 to 2010 American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databases.
- Validated model for predicting postoperative respiratory failure: analysis of 1706 abdominal wall reconstructions.
- The use of epidurals in abdominal wall reconstruction: an analysis of outcomes and cost.
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