Dr. H. David Vargas, MD, FACS
Colon & Rectal Surgeon
1514 Jefferson Hwy New Orleans LA, 70121About
Dr. H. David Varga is a colon and rectal surgeon practicing in New Orleans, LA. Dr. Varga specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the colon, rectum and anus. As a colon and rectal surgeon, Dr. Varga 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.
Education and Training
University of Virginia School of Medicine 1988
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Acute intestinal pseudo-obstruction (Ogilvie's syndrome).
- Private practice for the colon and rectal surgeon.
- Hand-assisted laparoscopic colectomy: rational evolution for diverticulitis.
- Association of blood transfusion and venous thromboembolism after colorectal cancer resection.
- Autoimmune enteropathy with a CD8+ CD7- T-cell small bowel intraepithelial lymphocytosis: case report and literature review.
- Obesity and laparoscopic colectomy: outcomes from the ACS-NSQIP database.
- Colon and rectal surgery in the obese patient.
- Advances and challenges in the management of acute colonic pseudo-obstruction (ogilvie syndrome).
- Morbid obesity and diverticulitis: results from the ACS NSQIP dataset.
- Restorative proctocolectomy: the current ochsner experience.
- Toxic colitis with megacolon in a patient with malrotation.
- The Role of Bowel Preparation in Colorectal Surgery: Results of the 2012-2015 ACS-NSQIP Data.
Treatments
- Colon Cancer
- Constipation
- Colon Polyps
- Vascular Disease
- Aerolase® Technologies
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