Pediatric Surgery, University of Utah, Primary Childrenandapos;s Medical Center
General Surgery
Dr. Rebecka L. Meyers, MD
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Rebecka Meyers works in the field of General Surgery. She studied medicine at Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine. She over the years received 3 awards: "America's Top Doctors", "America's Top Doctors for Cancer" and "Fellow (FACS)". Rebecka Meyers has written publications. She has 61 publications published with PubMed. The lastest publication is: 'Tracheobronchial injuries after blunt chest trauma in children--hidden pathology.'
Publications
- Paravertebral regional blocks decrease length of stay following surgery for pectus excavatum in children.
- One hospital, one appendectomy: The cost effectiveness of a standardized doctor's preference card.
- A dynamic postoperative protocol provides efficient care for pediatric patients with non-ruptured Appendicitis.
- Response-based therapy for ruptured Appendicitis reduces resource utilization.
- Charge Awareness Affects Treatment Choice: Prospective Randomized Trial in Pediatric Appendectomy.
- Hepatoblastoma state of the art: pathology, genetics, risk stratification, and chemotherapy.
- Transplantation for liver tumors in children: Time to (re)set the guidelines?
- Time to Get on the Bus: Children's Surgery and Where We Need to Go.
- Outcomes for patients with congenital hepatoblastoma.
- Towards an international pediatric liver tumor consensus classification: proceedings of the Los Angeles COG liver tumors symposium.
- Pediatric organ donation and transplantation.
- The role of focused abdominal sonography for trauma (FAST) in pediatric trauma evaluation.
- Non-operative treatment versus percutaneous drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts in children.
- Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (EC-CPR) for hypothermic arrest in children: Is meaningful survival a reasonable expectation?
- Surgical treatment of hepatoblastoma.
- Surgical management of children with locally advanced hepatoblastoma.
- Split abdominal wall muscle flap repair vs patch repair of large congenital diaphragmatic Hernias.
- Treatment of hepatoblastoma: the North American cooperative group experience.
- Liver transplantation in the management of unresectable hepatoblastoma in children.
- Complete Surgical Resection Is Curative for Children With Hepatoblastoma With Pure Fetal Histology: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group.
- Neurologically intact children with an isolated skull fracture may be safely discharged after brief observation.
- Critical review of controversial issues in the management of advanced pediatric liver tumors.
- Clinical variables as prognostic tools in pediatric-onset ulcerative colitis: a retrospective cohort study.
- Prophylactic appendectomy: unnecessary in children with incidental appendicoliths detected by computed tomographic scan.
- Reflux Esophageal stricture--a review of 30 years' experience in children.
- Decompressive laparotomy for abdominal compartment syndrome in children: before it is too late.
- Elimination of soybean lipid emulsion in parenteral nutrition and supplementation with enteral fish oil improve cholestasis in infants with short bowel syndrome.
- Predictive power of pretreatment prognostic factors in children with hepatoblastoma: a report from the Children's Oncology Group.
- Division of the fistula in laparoscopic-assisted repair of Anorectal malformations-are clips or ties necessary?
- Routine use of a SILASTIC spring-loaded silo for infants with gastroschisis: a multicenter randomized controlled trial.
- Closed gastroschisis: total parenteral nutrition-free survival with aggressive attempts at bowel preservation and Intestinal adaptation.
- Surgical resection of pulmonary metastatic lesions in children with hepatoblastoma.
- Temporary abdominal vacuum-packing closure in the neonatal intensive care unit.
- Predictive value of staging systems in hepatoblastoma.
- Pediatric organ transplantation needs: organ donation best practices.
- Aortoiliac reconstruction in infants and toddlers: replacement with decellularized branched pulmonary artery allograft.
- The prevalence of driveway back-over injuries in the era of sports utility vehicles.
- CT scan and the pediatric trauma patient--are we overdoing it?
- Frey procedure for surgical management of chronic pancreatitis in children.
- Percutaneous cholecysto-cholangiography in the diagnosis of obstructive jaundice in infants.
- The split abdominal wall muscle flap--a simple, mesh-free approach to repair large diaphragmatic Hernia.
- High-dose steroids, ursodeoxycholic acid, and chronic intravenous antibiotics improve bile flow after Kasai procedure in infants with biliary Atresia.
- Response to intravenous immunoglobulin predicts splenectomy response in children with immune thrombocytopenic purpura.
- Methylene blue-stained autologous blood for needle localization and thoracoscopic resection of deep pulmonary nodules.
- Biliary tract anomalies in thoraco-omphalopagus conjoined twins.
- Tumors of the liver in children.
- Management of duodenal injuries in children.
- Are scintiscans accurate in the selection of reflux patients for pyloroplasty?
- Benign liver and biliary tract masses in infants and toddlers.
- Tracheobronchial injuries after blunt chest trauma in children--hidden pathology.
- Inherited thrombophilia: a possible cause of in utero vascular thrombosis in children with Intestinal atresia.
- Bilateral laparoscopic adrenalectomy: a new treatment for difficult cases of congenital adrenal hyperplasia.
- Increasing prevalence of gastroschisis in Utah.
- ABO-incompatible liver transplantation: a risk worth taking.
- Monotherapy with cyclosporine for chronic immunosuppression in pediatric liver transplant recipients.
- PLUTO first report.
- Congenital anomalies of the vagina and their reconstruction.
- Coombs-positive autoimmune hemolytic anemia in ulcerative colitis.
- Waterborne cryptosporidiosis outbreak, North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Spring 2001.
- Safety of autotransplants with high-dose melphalan in renal failure: a pharmacokinetic and toxicity study.
Schools
Oregon Health Sciences University
Cardi Rsch Institute Uc San Francisco
St Christopher39s Hospital For Chldn
Procedures Preformed
- Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
- Excision of Breast Tumor
- Inguinal Hernia Repair, Open
- Lymph Node Biopsy or Excision
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Conditions Treated
- Anal Fissure
- Anorectal Abscess
- Appendicitis
- Brain Injury
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Doctors Specialties
- Pediatric Surgery
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- America's Top Doctors for Cancer
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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UCSF Medical Center -
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine
Hospital
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University of Utah Health Care - Hospital and Clinics
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