Ricardo Bracco, MD
Consultant Surgeon
Medical School Education:
Degree obtained at the Buenos
Aires University, School
of Medicine (1976)
Postgraduate training:
Surgery Residence. Italian
Hospital of Buenos Aires (1977-1980)
Head Residents. Private Community Hospital
Mar del Plata (1980)
Instructor of Residents: Private Community
Hospital Mar del Plata (1981)
Board Certifications:
- Consultant Surgeon on the Buenos Aires State School of
Physicians
- General and Laparoscopic Surgeon on the Argentine Surgery Association
- General Surgeon on the National Academy of Medicine
Current Medical Society Academy and College Memberships:
- Chairman of the Mar del Plata Surgery Society
- Active Member of the
Argentine
Surgery Association - FACS (Fellow of the American College of Surgeons) Active member and Regional delegate of the Argentine Chapter of the ACS
- Active Member of the ISS (International Society of Surgeons)
- Active Member of the IHPBA (International
Hepato-pancreato-biliary Association)
and Treasurer of the Argentine chapter of
the IHPBA - Founder Member of the Mar del Plata HPB Club
- Active Member of the Argentine Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
- Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery
Accademic Appointments
- Head of the Teaching Department of Clínica Pueyrredón de Mar del Plata
- Surgery teacher, degree obtained by a practical and credential concourse for surgery chair D at General Surgery Service of the General Hospital of Mar del Plata subvenue of La Plata National University
- Surgery teacher, degree obtained by a practical and credential concourse for surgery chair D at General Surgery Service of the Clínica Privada Pueyrredón subvenue of La Plata National University
Laparoscopic
approach for the treatment of symptomatic non-parasitic liver cyst is effective
and minimally invasive European
Congress of IHPBA (1999 : Budapest, Hungary). HPB Surgery
2000; 2(2):83-86.
Training in laparocopic cholecistectomy during residence surgery program: methodology and ethics. Rev. argent. cir [Argentine Surgery Journal]; 77(6):201-4, dic. 1999.
Total forced evisceration by abdominal compartment syndrome. Rev. Argent. Cir [Argentine Surgery Journal];76(5):130-4, mayo 1999.
Liver resections: 10 years experience in Mar del Plata.
Presented in Ordinary Session at the Argentine Academy of Surgery ( 25 agosto 1999 ; Buenos Aires).
Rev. argent. cir [Argentine Surgery Journal]; 2000; 79(3-4):108-22.
Intrabiliary rupture of the hydatid cyst of the liver. Rev. argent. cir [Argentine Surgery Journal]; 75(3/4):80-3, sept.-oct. 1998.
Lost stones after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. American HPB Congress (1997 : Miami). HPB Surgery 1998; 11:105-109.
Spontaneous hepatic hematoma during pregnancy. Rev. argent. cir [Argentine Surgery Journal] 1993; 64:213-215
Hepatocellular carcinoma in pediatric age : surgical treatment. International Conference on Hepatobiliary Tumors (1992 : Milán). Hepatogastroenterólogy 1992; 39:27.
Klatskin
tumor :
oncological resection [video].
Congreso Argentino de Cirugía [Argentinian Surgery Congress] (72 : 2001 : Buenos Aires).
Common
Bile Duct Stones ( CBDS ) : Cost –
effective Assesment.
Congreso Argentino de Cirugía
[Argentinian Surgery Congress] (72 : 2001 : Buenos Aires).
Hepp-Couinaud operation
for reparing biliary pos-surgical structures. Jornadas de Otoño de la Asociación Argentina de Cirugía
[Autumn Meeting of the Argentinian Surgery Association] (2001 : Mar del Plata)
Liver ademomatosis :
left hepatectomy [video]. Jornadas de Otoño de la
Asociación Argentina de Cirugía [Autumn Meeting of the Argentinian Surgery Association]
(2001 : Mar del Plata)
Management of
the hepatic adenoma
International European Chapter of the International
Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association. Congress (4th : 2001 : Amsterdam)
Radical
surgery for recurrent hydatic cyst [video]International European Chapter of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary
Association. Congress (4th : 2001 : Amsterdam)
Mirizzi
syndrome in the laparoscopic era International European Chapter of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary
Association. Congress (4th : 2001 : Amsterdam)
Surgical treatment
of the congenital choledocal cyst [video] International European Chapter of the
International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association. Congress (4th : 2001 :
Amsterdam)
Laparoscopic injuries to the bile duct : evaluation with magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRCP). International Congress of Radiology (21 : 2000 : Buenos Aires)
Surgical
repair of bile duct injury after laparoscopic cholecystectomuy: 2 cases [video] International HepatoPancreaticBillary Association World Congress (2000 :
Brisbane, Australia)
Multiple
focal nodular hyperplasia: double liver resection [video] International HepatoPancreaticBillary Association World Congress (2000 :
Brisbane, Australia)
Distal
pancreatectomy for cancer of the pancreas [video] International HepatoPancreaticBillary Association World Congress (2000 :
Brisbane, Australia)
Glissonian
selective clamping technique in liver segmentectomies. [video]
International HepatoPancreaticBillary Association World Congress (2000 :
Brisbane, Australia)
Hemangiectomuy
: the surgical treatment of choice in the hepatic cavernous hemangioma. [video]
International HepatoPancreaticBillary Association World Congress (2000 :
Brisbane, Australia)
Small
bowel endometriosis as etiology of intestinal obstruction.
Congreso de la Sociedad de Cirujanos de Mar del Plata
[Scientific Meeting of the Mar del Plata Surgery Society] (1999 : Mar del Plata)
Ultrasonography
for diagnosis of acute appendicitis : prospective study.
Congreso de la Sociedad de Cirujanos de Mar del Plata
[Scientific Meeting of the Mar del Plata Surgery Society] (1999 : Mar del Plata)
Pancreatoduodenectomy with ducto-mucosa
anastomosis [video]
European Congress of IHPBA (1999 : Budapest, Hungary)
Radical
surgical treatment of gallbladder cancer [video] International Hepato-Pancreato-Bilary Association. World Congress (3 : 1998 :
Madrid)
Surgical
treatment of simple liver cyst.
International Hepato-Pancreato-Bilary Association. World Congress (3 : 1998 :
Madrid)
Surgical
treatment of solid benign liver tumors.
International Hepato-Pancreato-Bilary Association. World Congress (3 : 1998 :
Madrid)
Value
of mrcp in biliary obstruction. International Hepato-Pancreato-Bilary Association. World
Congress (3 : 1998 : Madrid)
The
use of ultrasonic dissection in HPB surgery
[video]
Congreso Argentino
de Cirugía
[Argentinian Surgery Congress]
(1997 : Buenos Aires)
Major omentum volvulus as etiology of acute abdominal pain. Jornadas Científicas anuales de la Sociedad de Cirujanos de Mar del Plata [Scientific Meeting of the Mar del Plata Surgery Society] (7 : 1997 marzo : Mar del Plata)
Biliary peritonitis
associated with liver simple cyst and acute colangitis Jornadas Científicas anuales de la Sociedad de
Cirujanos de Mar del Plata
[Scientific Meeting
of the Mar del Plata Surgery Society] (7 : 1997 marzo : Mar del Plata)
Segmentectomies
II-III and V for two liver tumors
[video] Congreso Argentino de Cirugía
[Argentinian Surgery Congress] (1997 : Buenos
Aires)
Value
of laparoscopy in small bowel surgical diseases
Congreso Argentino
de Cirugía
[Argentinian Surgery Congress] (1997 : Buenos Aires)
Bile
duct stones. Curso Internacional de Cirugía
Videolaparoscópica Compleja en Vivo [International Course of Complex In Vivo
Laparoscopic Surgery (1996 mar : Mar del Plata)
Fibrolamelar
hepatocellular carcinoma : clinicopathological features.
Curso Internacional de Cirugía
Videolaparoscópica Compleja en Vivo [International Course of Complex In Vivo
Laparoscopic Surgery (1996 mar : Mar del Plata)
Management of common bile duct stones : evolve in
the laparoscopic era.
International Hepato-Pancreato-Bilary Association. World Congress (2 : 1996 june
: Bologna).
Bile
duct injury. Congreso Argentino de Cirugía
[Argentinian Surgery Congress] (67 : 1996 nov : Buenos
Aires) Temas Libres en Cirugía General [Free papers session]
Liver
malignant tumors in pediatric age.
Congreso Argentino de Cirugía
[Argentinian Surgery Congress] (67 : 1996 nov : Buenos Aires) Temas Libres en
Cirugía Hepatobiliopancreática [Free papers session HPB Surgery].
Adrenal
glands tumors : two cases. Curso Internacional de Cirugía
Videolaparoscópica Compleja en Vivo [International Course of Complex In Vivo
Laparoscopic Surgery (1996 mar : Mar del Plata)
Surgical
treatment of bile duct colangiocarcinoma [video]
Curso Internacional de Cirugía
Videolaparoscópica Compleja en Vivo [International Course of Complex In Vivo
Laparoscopic Surgery (1996 mar : Mar del Plata)
Hepatic hydatidosis : a multicentric study of surgical procedures in 971 cases. International Hepato-Pancreato-Bilary Association. World Congress (2 : 1996 june : Bologna).
Excisional
treatment of liver cavernous hemangioma : when and wich? International Hepato-Pancreato-Bilary
Association. World Congress (2 : 1996 june : Bologna).
Laparoscopic appendectomy : our experience. Congreso Argentino de Cirugía [Argentinian Surgery Congress] (66 : 1995 oct: Buenos Aires)
Pancreatoduodenectomy : 20 cases. Congreso Argentino de Cirugía [Argentinian Surgery Congress] (66 : 1995 oct: Buenos Aires)
Segmentectomy VI with ultrasonic aspirator [video] Congreso Argentino de Cirugía [Argentinian Surgery Congress] (66 : 1995 oct: Buenos Aires)
Hydatic
pericystectomy with ultrasonic aspirator [video] Sociedad de Cirujanos de Mar
del Plata. Jornadas Científicas Anuales [Scientific Meeting
of the Mar del Plata Surgery Society] (5 : 1994 nov : Mar del Plata)
Complications in laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Congreso Argentino de Cirugía [Argentinian Surgery Congress] (65 : 1994 sept : Buenos Aires)
Carvernous
hemangioma : right hepatectomy [video]. Congreso
Argentino de Cirugía (65 : 1994 sept : Buenos Aires)
laparoscopic
cholecystectomy : cooperative study in Mar del Plata.
Congreso Argentino de Cirugía
[Argentinian Surgery Congress] (1993 : Buenos Aires).
Resection
of liver metastasis : 5 cases. Congreso Argentino de
Cirugía
[Argentinian Surgery Congress] (1993 : Buenos Aires).
Palliative
treatment for malignant obstruction of the biliary tract.
Jornadas Científicas de la Sociedad de Cirujanos de Mar del Plata
[Scientific Meeting
of the Mar del Plata Surgery Society] (1993 : Mar
del Plata)
Laparoscopic
surgical treatment of the Inguinal hernia. Jornadas Científicas de la Sociedad de Cirujanos de
Mar del Plata
[Scientific Meeting
of the Mar del Plata Surgery Society] (1993 : Mar del Plata)
Gallbladder cancer : state of the art lecture. Congreso Argentino de Gastroenterología [Argentinian Gastroenterology Congress] (2001 : Mar del Plata)
Liver trauma : conference. Congreso Argentino de Patología de Urgencia y Emergentología [Argentinian Congress of Emergencies] (2001 : Mar del Plata)
Indication of resection in benign liver tumors : conference. Congreso Argentino de Cirugía [Argentine Surgical Congress] (2001 : Buenos Aires)
Teaching of Laparoscopic Surgery : Chairman of Roud Table. Jornadas de Otoño de la Asociación Argentina de Cirugía [Autumn Meeting of the Argentinian Surgery Association] (2001 : Mar del Plata)
Hepatectomies : Videoforum panelist. Jornadas de Otoño de la Asociación Argentina de Cirugía [Autumn Meeting of the Argentinian Surgery Association] (2001 : Mar del Plata) - Comentador
General Surgery : Workshop panelist. Jornadas de Otoño de la Asociación Argentina de Cirugía [Autumn Meeting of the Argentinian Surgery Association] (2001 : Mar del Plata) - Integrante
Acute Cholecystitis : state of the art lecturer. Jornadas de Otoño de la Asociación Argentina de Cirugía [Autumn Meeting of the Argentinian Surgery Association] (2001 : Mar del Plata)
HPB Surgery : Videoforum panelist. Curso Internacional de Actualización en Cirugía General y Digestiva [Updating International Course on General and Digestive Surgery] (4 : 2001 : La Plata)
Liver surgery : Controversy roundtable panelist. Curso Internacional del Capítulo Argentino del ACS [International Course of the Argentine Chapter of the ACS] (10 : Mendoza)
Liver Surgery : Videoforum panelist. Congreso Argentino de Cirugía [Argentinian Surgery Society Congress] (72 : 2001 : Buenos Aires)
How I do it : panelist. Congreso Argentino de Cirugía [Argentinian Surgery Society Congress] (72 : 2001 : Buenos Aires)
Bile duct injuries and pancreato-duodenectomy : speaker. Jornadas Provinciales de Instrumentadores Quirúrgicos [Buenos Aires State Meeting of Surgical Nurses] (11 : 2000 : Mar del Plata)
Workshop on liver surgery : panelist. Congreso Argentino de Cirugía [Argentinian Surgery Congress] (71 : 2000 : Buenos Aires)
Rol of laparoscopy in diagnosis and staging of neoplasms : Chairman of Consensus Meeting. Congreso Argentino de Cirugía [Argentinian Surgery Society Congress] (71 : 2000 : Buenos Aires)
National Meeting of the IHPBA Argentinian Chapter : Organizer (2000 : Mar del Plata)
Bile duct stones : Workshop panelist. Reunión Nacional del Capítulo Argentino de la IHPBA [National Meeting of the IHPBA Argentinian Chapter] (2000 : Córdoba)
Overview of the 4th World Congress of the IHPBA ( Brisbane, Australia) . Reunión Nacional del Capítulo Argentino de la IHPBA [National Meeting of the IHPBA Argentinian Chapter] (2000 : Córdoba)
Hands-on Laparoscopic Surgery Trainning Course : instructor in Operating Room and Trainers. [In-Vivo Complex Laparoscopic Surgery International Course] (3 : 1999 : Mar del Plata)
Experts panel on biliary surgery : Chairman. Curso Internacional de Cirugía Videolaparoscópica Compleja en vivo [In-Vivo Complex Laparoscopic Surgery International Course] (3 : 1999 : Mar del Plata)
Treatment of benign liver disease : panelist. Congreso Argentino de Cirugía [Argentinian Surgery Congress] (70 : 1999 : Buenos Aires)
Reunión Nacional del Capítulo Argentino de la IHPBA [IHPBA Argentinian Chapter National Meeting] : panelist (1999 : Rosario)
Periampullary tumors diagnostic and therapeutic strategies : panelist. Congreso Argentino de Cirugía [Argentinian Surgery Congress] (69 : 1998 : Buenos Aires) - Integrante
HPB Surgery Roundtable : secretary. Congreso Argentino de Cirugía [Argentinian Surgery Congress] (69 : 1998 : Buenos Aires) - Secretario
Abdominal hydatidosis : panelist. Congreso Argentino de Cirugía [Argentinian Surgery Congress] (69 : 1998 : Buenos Aires)
University Hospital of Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany, Professor Christoph Broelsch : attendant physician. (may-jun 1997)
Hands-on Laparoscopic Surgery Trainning Course : instructor in Operating Room and Trainers. [In-Vivo Complex Laparoscopic Surgery International Course] (2 : 1997 : Mar del Plata)
Laparoscopic vs. endoscopic treatment for bile duct stones : Symposia panelist. Hospital Posadas (1997 : Buenos Aires)
Present and future of HPB Surgery : Roundtable secretary. Congreso Argentino de Cirugía [Argentinian Surgery Congress] (68 : 1997 : Buenos Aires)
Liver simple cyst treatment : Controversy table panelist. Congreso Argentino de Cirugía [Argentinian Surgery Congress] (67 : 1996 : Buenos Aires)
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