Dr. David B Stewart M.D.
Colon and Rectal Surgeon
500 University Dr Hershey PA, 17033About
Dr. David Stewart is a colon and rectal surgeon practicing in Hershey, PA. Dr. Stewart specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the colon, rectum and anus. As a colon and rectal surgeon, Dr. Stewart often treats conditions like rectal cancer, colon cancer, hemorrhoids, anal fissures and diverticulitis. Colon and rectal surgeons may be referred to you by your gastroenterologist if your doctor believes you need a surgical procedure.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Node yield and node involvement in young colon cancer patients: is there a difference in cancer survival based on age?
- Marital status and colon cancer outcomes in US Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results registries: does marriage affect cancer survival by gender and stage?
- Clostridium difficile colitis: factors associated with outcome and assessment of mortality at a national level.
- Laparoscopic and open abdominoperineal resection for cancer: how patient selection and complications differ by approach.
- Early experience with single-site laparoscopic surgery for complicated ileocolic Crohn's disease at a tertiary-referral center.
- Increasing hospital costs for Clostridium difficile colitis: type of hospital matters.
- Outcomes for consecutive patients undergoing single-site laparoscopic colorectal
- Chemotherapy patients with C. difficile colitis have outcomes similar to immunocompetent C. difficile patients.
- Renal transplant status in patients undergoing colorectal surgery: is immunosuppression safer than kidney disease?
- PPI therapy and albumin are better predictors of recurrent Clostridium difficile colitis than choice of antibiotics.
- Predicting recurrence of C. difficile colitis using bacterial virulence factors: binary toxin is the key.
- Rectal cancer and teaching hospitals: hospital teaching status affects use of neoadjuvant radiation and survival for rectal cancer patients.
- Adequate margins for anorectal cancer can be achieved by single-site laparoscopy.
- Correlation between virulence gene expression and proton pump inhibitors and ambient pH in Clostridium difficile: results of an in vitro study.
- A single nucleotide polymorphism in the STAT5 gene favors colonic as opposed to small-bowel inflammation in Crohn's disease.
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