Dr. Frank J Wessels MD
Colon and Rectal Surgeon
3814 Browning Pl Suite 100 Raleigh NC, 27609Rating
4/5
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Dr. Frank Wessels is a colon and rectal surgeon practicing in Raleigh, NC. Dr. Wessels specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the colon, rectum and anus. As a colon and rectal surgeon, Dr. Wessels 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.
Board Certification
Colon & Rectal SurgeryAmerican Board of Colon & Rectal SurgeryABCRS
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Nutritional modulation of the sepsis response: fish oils and innate immunity.
- What are the causes and consequences of the chronic inflammatory state in chronic dialysis patients?
- Radiofrequency ablation treatment of refractory carcinoid hepatic metastases.
- [Epidemic of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus due to the transfer of 2 Dutch burn patients from a hospital outside of the Netherlands; who suffers the consequences?].
- Allocation from capital and income sources to reproduction shift from first to second clutch in the flesh fly, Sarcophaga crassipalpis.
- Does it pay to delay? Flesh flies show adaptive plasticity in reproductive timing.
- Vasodilatory capacity of the cerebral vasculature in patients with carotid artery
- Allocation of nutrients to somatic tissues in young ovariectomized grasshoppers.
- Ovariectomy in grasshoppers increases somatic storage, but proportional allocation of ingested nutrients to somatic tissues is unchanged.
- Medial plica syndrome of left knee.
- Pro-insecticidal approach towards increasing in planta activity.
- The peri-esophageal connective tissue layers and related compartments: visualization by histology and magnetic resonance imaging.
- Diagnostic performance of a CT-based scoring system for diagnosis of anastomotic leakage after esophagectomy: comparison with subjective CT assessment.
- Electromagnetic-guided placement of nasoduodenal feeding tubes versus endoscopic placement: a randomized, multicenter trial.
- Radiation dose reduction for CT assessment of urolithiasis using iterative reconstruction: A prospective intra-individual study.
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