Dr. Robert Todd Maxson M.D.
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
1 Childrens Way Arkansas Children's Little Rock AR, 72202About
Dr. Robert Maxson practices Pediatric Surgery in Little Rock, AR. Dr. Maxson treats children who have an illness, injury, or disease that requires surgery. Some of the surgical problems seen by pediatric surgeons are often quite different from those commonly seen by adult or general surgeons. Dr. Maxsondiagnoses, treats, and manages childrens surgical needs such as abnormalities of the groin in childhood and, surgical repair of birth defects, surgical care of tumors, transplantation operations, and endoscopic procedures.
Education and Training
Univ of Tx Med Branch Galveston, Galveston Tx 1990
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- Pediatric Surgery
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Ominous findings in toddlers with increasing abdominal girth: two unusual cases and a review of the clinical evaluation.
- All-terrain vehicles and children: history, injury burden, and prevention strategies.
- Communicating the death of a child in the emergency department: managing dialectical tensions.
- Screening for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in a select sample of injured and uninjured pediatric patients.
- Screening for risky alcohol use among caregivers of pediatric trauma patients: a pilot study.
- Pediatric injuries in Central Texas.
- Hearing evaluation in pediatric patients treated at the hospital following head injury.
- Prehospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the pediatric trauma patient.
- Under the influence with a child in the car: implications for child safety and caregiver intervention.
- Teaching safety at a summer camp: evaluation of a water safety curriculum in an urban community setting.
- The effectiveness of a statewide trauma call center in reducing time to definitive care for severely injured patients.
- The use of a computer-based internal education program for pediatric trauma centers: a multicenter ATOMAC study.
- Hemodynamic variables predict outcome of emergency thoracotomy in the pediatric trauma population.
- Does restraint status in motor vehicle crash with rollover predict the need for trauma team presence on arrival? An ATOMAC study.
- A stitch in time saves nine: suture technique does not affect intestinal growth in a young, growing animal model.
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