Dr. John Christopher Eagon MD
Surgeon
1040 N MASON RD SAINT LOUIS MO, 63141About
Dr. John Eagon is a general surgeon practicing in Saint Louis, MO. Dr. Eagon 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. Eagon provides quality surgical service for gravely ill or injured patients and is able to respond quickly due to knowledge of various surgical procedures.
Education and Training
Harvard Med Sch, Boston Ma 1988
Harvard Medical School 1988
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Gastric bypass surgery improves metabolic and hepatic abnormalities associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
- Hypercapnia improves tissue oxygenation in morbidly obese surgical patients.
- In vivo distribution of human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells in novel xenotransplantation models.
- Visceral fat adipokine secretion is associated with systemic inflammation in obese humans.
- Successful endoscopic management of gastrojejunal anastomotic strictures after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
- Laparoscopic splenectomy for splenic masses.
- Surgical management of morbid obesity.
- A comparison of noninvasive blood pressure measurement on the wrist with invasive arterial blood pressure monitoring in patients undergoing bariatric surgery.
- Endoplasmic reticulum stress is reduced in tissues of obese subjects after weight loss.
- Decrease in hepatic very-low-density lipoprotein-triglyceride secretion after weight loss is inversely associated with changes in circulating leptin.
- Portal vein and systemic adiponectin concentrations are closely linked with hepatic glucose and lipoprotein kinetics in extremely obese subjects.
- Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding: what radiologists need to know.
- Weight loss induced by Roux-en-Y gastric bypass but not laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding increases circulating bile acids.
Treatments
- Obesity
- Hiatal Hernia
- Acid Reflux
- Gallstones
- Pain
- Hernia
- Inguinal Hernia
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