Liver Transplant Center - Nampa, IDNampa General Surgeon Doctors for Liver TransplantType 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 Nampa * Saint Alphonsus Medical Group  St. Lukes Saltzer Medical Group  Idaho Surgery Center  Idaho Surgery Center  Idaho Surgery Center  Advanced Surgery of Idaho  Millennium Surgery Center  St Lukes Clinic Bariatric Sgy  St Lukes Boise Surgical Grp  St Lukes Boise Surgical Grp  St Lukes Boise Surgical Grp  St Lukes Boise Surgical Grp  St Lukes Boise Surgical Grp  Idaho Surgical Partners PC  John M Livingston MD  Fazzio Clinic  Surgical Specialties Clinic  Idaho Surgical Associates  Idaho Surgical Associates  Idaho Surgical Associates  St Alphonsus Medical Ctr Trauma  Austin R Cushman MD  St Alphonsus Medical Ctr Trauma  St Alphonsus Medical Ctr Trauma  St Alphonsus Medical Ctr Trauma  St Alphonsus Medical Ctr Trauma  St Alphonsus Medical Ctr Trauma  St Alphonsus Medical Ctr Trauma  St Alphonsus Medical Ctr Trauma  St Alphonsus Medical Ctr Trauma  St Lukes Clinic General Surgery  Thomas R Huntington MD  St Lukes Bariatric General Srgy  St Luke's Surgicalists  St Lukes Bariatric General Srgy  St Lukes Clinic General Surgery  St Lukes Bariatric General Srgy  St Lukes Clinic General Surgery  Saint Luke's Clinic  Veteran Affairs Medical Center  St Luke's General Surgery Clin  St Lukes Metabolic/Bariatrc Sgy  Veteran Affairs Medical Center  St Lukes Metabolic/Bariatrc Sgy  Veteran Affairs Medical Center  Saint Lukes Center Prtc/Lvr Dis  Boise Breast Consultants  St Lukes Fruitland Clinic  St Lukes Fruitland Clinic Nampa, IdahoUpcoming Local Events2013-06-15
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Liver TransplantWhen Is a Liver Transplant Needed?Liver transplantation is considered when the liver no longer functions adequately (liver failure). Liver failure can occur suddenly (acute liver failure) as a result of infection or complications from ... Other Related Liver Transplant ArticlesEmergency Contact for Nampa
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