
Dr. Asser M Youssef M.D.
Trauma Surgeon | Trauma Surgery
1501 Kings Hwy Department Of Surger Shreveport LA, 71103About
Dr. Asser Youssef is a trauma surgeon practicing in Shreveport, LA. Dr. Youssef specializes in both operative and non-operative management to treat life threatening, traumatic injuries. Some commonly operated areas include the stomach, colon, spleen and pancreas and trauma surgeons also work with other surgeons to stabilize patients in critical condition. Typically, trauma surgeons work in the emergency care area of a hospital.
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- Surgical Critical Care
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Intra-abdominal hypertension causes reversible blood-brain barrier disruption.
- Are we prepared yet for the extremes of weather changes? Emergence of several severe frostbite cases in Louisiana.
- Nonoperative management of contained retrohepatic caval injury.
- Unusual late occurrence of bowel obstruction following blunt abdominal trauma.
- Intra-abdominal hypertension causes disruption of the blood-brain barrier in mice, which is increased with added severe head trauma.
- Rising self-inflicted injuries in the United States: a call for a comprehensive prevention plan and insurance coverage.
- Platyabdominalgia: a novel medical terminology describing a symptom.
- Anatomic guide and sonography for surgical repair of leg muscle lacerations.
- Potential cerebroprotective role of pentoxifyllin in preventing the detrimental cerebral consequences of intra-abdominal hypertension.
- A Patient With Blunt Trauma and Cardiac Arrest Arriving Pulseless at the Emergency Department; is that Enough Reason to Stop Resuscitation? Review of Literature and Case Report.
- Mesenteric haematoma or tear is the criminal.
- Thoracic ultrasonography versus chest radiography for detection of pneumothoraces: challenges in deriving and interpreting summary diagnostic accuracy estimates. Authors' response.
- Abdominal wall hernia and aortic injury secondary to blunt trauma: Case report and review of the literature.
- Delayed small bowel perforation following blunt abdominal trauma: A case report and review of the literature.
- Pediatric All-terrain Vehicle Crashes at a Trauma Center in Northwestern Louisiana: 10-year Analysis.
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Practice At 1501 Kings Hwy Department Of Surgery
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