Troy L. Spilde
About
Dr. Troy L. Spilde is a pediatric surgeon based in Springfield, Missouri, where he practices through a collaboration between Mercy Hospital Springfield and Children's Mercy of Kansas City. He holds board certification from the American Board of Surgery in both pediatric surgery and surgical critical care, and is licensed in Missouri and Illinois.
His clinical research, published across journals including the Journal of Pediatric Surgery, Pediatric Surgery International, and the European Journal of Pediatric Surgery, spans a range of pediatric surgical conditions. His 28 peer-reviewed publications include prospective randomized trials comparing thoracoscopic decortication to tube thoracostomy with fibrinolysis for empyema in children, single daily dosing antibiotic regimens for perforated appendicitis, and open versus laparoscopic repair of congenital duodenal obstructions. Additional work addresses the relationship between trisomy 21 and congenital heart defects in patients with duodenal atresia, meconium plug syndrome, and pediatric appendicitis management in the computed tomographic era. He has also contributed to medical literature on fluid management in the pediatric surgical patient through Medscape's eMedicine platform.
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Publications
- Isolated diphallia: case report and literature review.
- Massive bilateral nephromegaly in acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a case report.
- Thoracoscopic decortication vs tube thoracostomy with fibrinolysis for empyema in children: a prospective, randomized trial.
- Open vs laparoscopic repair of congenital duodenal obstructions: a concurrent series.
- Single daily dosing ceftriaxone and metronidazole vs standard triple antibiotic regimen for perforated appendicitis in children: a prospective randomized trial.
- The influence of trisomy 21 on the incidence and severity of congenital heart defects in patients with duodenal atresia.
- Management of pediatric acute appendicitis in the computed tomographic era.
- Current significance of meconium plug syndrome.
- Chest radiograph after central line placement under fluoroscopy: utility or futility?
- Justification for an abbreviated protocol in the management of blunt spleen and liver injury in children.
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