Liver Resection Center - Council Bluffs, IACouncil Bluffs General Surgeon Doctors for Liver ResectionType of Physician: General Surgeon What is a General Surgeon? A certification by the Board of Surgery. Practitioners manage a wide range of surgical conditions affecting almost any area of the body. Surgeons provide the diagnosis and the care to patients before, during, and after surgery. They are usually responsible for the comprehensive management of trauma victims and the critically ill. Surgeons have special knowledge and skills in birth defects, tumors, infections, and metabolic problems relating to the head and neck, breast, abdomen, extremities including the hand, and the gastrointestinal, vascular, and endocrine systems. General surgeons are expected to be familiar with the most relevant features of other surgical specialties in order to recognize problems in those areas and to know when to refer a patient to another specialist. Specialty: General Surgery Common Name: General Surgeon Doctors in Council Bluffs * Tri-State Surgery  Council Bluffs Surgery Assoc PC  Council Bluffs Surgery Assoc PC  Council Bluffs Surgery Assoc PC  Council Bluffs Surgery Assoc PC  Alegent Health Clinic  Alegent Health Clinic  Alegent Crghtn Hlth Mss Vly Cln  Myrtue Medical Center Harlan Cl  MCMH Surgical Services  George C Grape Comm Hosp Outpat  Shenandoah Medical Center  John Trinity MD  Southwest Iowa Surgery  JL Garred Sr MD PC  JL Garred Sr MD PC  Manning Reg Hlthcre Ctr Outptnt  Manning Reg Hlthcre Ctr Outptnt  Manning Reg Hlthcre Ctr Outptnt  Alegent Creighton Hlth Outpat  Sioux Land Surgical Care & Neph  Morris General Surgery  Tri-State Specialists LLP  Sioux Land Surgical Care & Neph Council Bluffs, IowaUpcoming Local Events2013-05-21
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Liver ResectionWhat is liver resection and why is it done?
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