Department

• Surgery

Position

• Professor

Robert J. Fitzgibbons, MD, FACS is the Harry E. Stuckenhoff Professor and Chairman of the department of Surgery at Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha Nebraska. He graduated from Creighton University Medical School in 1974, and then traveled to New Orleans for his general surgical residency at Louisiana State University, followed by a fellowship in advanced general and oncological surgery at the Lahey Clinic in Boston emphasizing breast, colon and biliopancreatic surgery.  After completing his residency and fellowship training, he returned to Creighton University in 1980 as an instructor in surgery, climbing through the ranks to ultimately attain his current position as an endowed professor and now as Chairman of the department.  His research efforts after returning to Creighton University focused initially on biliary tract issues but evolved into the developing field of minimally invasive surgery and therapeutic laparoscopic surgery especially as it relates to the management of the biliary tree and abdominal wall hernias. He was one of the first academic surgeons in the country to perform a laparoscopic cholecystectomy in 1989. Subsequently he has been influential in the development of specific devices and techniques for minimally invasive surgery.  Because of this he was asked to join the American College of Surgeons’ committee on emerging technology with the express goal of a more orderly application of laparoscopic principles to other commonly performed general surgical procedures.   This work lead to two important randomized prospective multicenter trials dealing with the subject of inguinal hernia.  He was the Principal Investigator of a grant, which was funded by the Agency for Health Care Related Quality, entitled “Management of Groin Hernia: A multi-centered Clinical Trial”, Principle (RO 1 HS/AG 9860-01A1) with a budget of over $6,000,000.  The goal of the clinical trial was to determine if watchful waiting was a reasonable alternative to routine hernia repair for adult men with minimally symptomatic inguinal hernias.  He was a Co-investigator for VA Cooperative Study Trial #456: Tension-free Inguinal Hernia Repair: Comparison of Open and Laparoscopic Surgical Techniques, which was a randomized prospective trial comparing laparoscopic inguinal herniorrhaphy with its conventional counterpart.  The budget was also nearly $6,000,000.
 
He is a past president of the American Hernia Society and the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons and a past board member of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons. He is a member of the American Surgical Association, the Society of Surgeons of the Alimentary Tract, and 21 other surgical societies. He has made over 400 national and international presentations on subjects dealing primarily with minimally invasive surgery and abdominal wall reconstruction. He is the author of over 300 scholarly publications including peer and non-peer reviewed articles, books, book chapters, and videotapes and sits on the editorial board of eight journals. He is the co-editor in Chief of journal “Hernia: The World Journal of Hernias and Abdominal Wall Surgery”.  In addition to his academic responsibilities, he is currently the medical director for surgery and anesthesia for the CHI Health Clinic, a network of 15 acute care hospitals and the university practice plan.

Books

• Fitzgibbons R, Dustin J Tubre D, Schroeder A. Watchful Waiting for Inguinal Hernia. In Advances in Surgery, 53rd edtion Cameron JL (ed.) Elsevier Science: Philadelphia, PA, Elsevier Science, 2018
• Biggerstaff B, Shetty S, Fitzgibbons R. (2018) Watchful waiting as a treatment strategy in patients with asymptomatic inguinal hernia. In Bittner R, Köckerling F, Fitzgibbons, Jr. R., LeBlanc K, Mittal S, Chowbey P.(Eds) (2018) Laparo-endoscopic Hernia Surgery: Evidenced Based Clinical Practice ISBN 978-3-662-55491-3, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2018
• Fitzgibbons R, Tieszen M, Anthone G.  Spigelian, Lumbar and Obturator Hernias.  In Current Surgical Therapy, 5th Edition.  Cameron JL (ed.) Philadelphia, PA, Current Surgical Therapy, 5th Edition. Cameron JL (ed.), 2018
• Shah P, Fitzgibbons R (2018) Perspective on Inguinal Hernias.  In Zinner M, Ashley S (eds.) (2018) Maingot's Abdominal Operations, 13th edition McGraw-Hill Publishers New York. ISBN-13: 978-0071843072, McGraw Hill, 2018
• Bittner R, Köckerling F, Fitzgibbons, Jr. R., LeBlanc K, Mittal S, Chowbey P.(Eds) (2018) Laparo-endoscopic Hernia Surgery: Evidenced Based Clinical Practice ISBN 978-3-662-55491-3  , Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2018
• Van Den Heuvel B, Fitzgibbons R, Bittner R. (2018) Comparison to Open Techniques Ch 17.  In Bittner R, Köckerling F, Fitzgibbons, Jr. R., LeBlanc K, Mittal S, Chowbey P.(Eds) (2018) Laparo-endoscopic Hernia Surgery: Evidenced Based Clinical Practice ISBN 978-3-662-55491-3 , Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2018
• van den Heuvel B, Wijsmuller A, Fitzgibbons R. (2018) Indications - Treatment Options for Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Patients Ch 5. In International guidelines for groin hernia management. doi: 10.1007/s10029-017-1668-x. Epub 2018 Jan 12., Hernia, 22(1), 1-165, 2018
• Shah P, Fitzgibbons, Jr., R.  Perspective on Inguinal Hernias.   , Maingot’s Abdominal Operations, 12th edition Michael J. Zinner(eds) Sanley W. Ashley, M.D.(eds) Editor, McGraw-Hill Publishers New York, 2017
• Fitzgibbons ,RJ,Jr., Quinn TH,Mukkai Krishnamurty, D
  Abdominal Wall Hernias, In Greenfield'sSurgery: Scientific Principles & Practices Greenfield (ed), 5th Edition, Chapter 72, 1208-1257, 2016
• Ramanan B, Maloley,Ftzgibbons R Inguinal hernias:
  Follow or repair?, Advances In Surgery John Cameron, 48, 1-11, 2014
• Memon M A, Fitzgibbons, Jr, R J Laparoscopic Inguinal
  Hernia Repair: Transabdominal Preperitoneal (TAPP) And
  Totally Extraperitoneal (TEP) Repairs, Chassin's Operative Stratagey in General Surgery, Scott-Connor Carol EH ed., 2014
• Pallatti P K, Wolpert JA, Fitzgibbons RJ Laparoscopic vs.
  Open Approach to Unilateral Inguinal Hernia Repair
   , SAGES Manual of Hernia Repair, Brian Jacob(eds) Bruce Ramshaw(eds), 213-230, 2014
• Bkhchandani J, Fitzgibbons RJ Repair of Giant Ventral
  Hernia, Advances In Surgery John Cameron, 47, 1-27, 2013
• Lokesh Bathla, MD, Robert J. Fitzgibbons, Jr., MD, FACS.
  Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: invited
  Commentaery On Dr David Brooks Chapter Hernia
   , Maingot’s Abdominal Operations, 12th edition Michael J. Zinner(eds) Sanley W. Ashley, M.D.(eds) Editor, McGraw-Hill Publishers New York, 2013
• Robert J. Fitzgibbons, Jr., MD, FACS. Non laparoscopic
  methods of inguinal hernia repair, In Update in Digestive Surgery Volume XII E. Moreno Gonzalez(eds), 517-534, 2013
• Robert J. Fitzgibbons, Jr., MD, FACS. Lokesh Bathla, MD,
  Tratamiento de la coledocolitiasis en la era de la
  colecistectomía laparoscópica, ACTUALIZACION EN CIRUGIA DEL APARATO DIGESTIVO VOL XII. Moreno Gonzalez E, 2013
• Bathla l Fitzgibbons R J Laparoscopic inguinal hernia
  repair, In Shackelford 7th Edition, Volume I – The Esophagus and Hernia, Chapter 47, 583-596, 2013
• Natarajan B Sathyaprasad C B Cemaj S Fitzgibbons R J
  Basic features of groin hernia and its repair
   , In Shackelford 7th Edition, Volume I – The Esophagus and Hernia, Chapter 46, 556-582, 2013
• Fitzgibbons ,RJ,Jr., Quinn TH, Cemaj S Abdominal Wall
  Hernias, In Greenfield'sSurgery: Scientific Principles & Practices Greenfield (ed), 5th Edition, 1159-1198, 2011
• Fitzgibbons, R, J Abdominal Wall Hernias, Google Knol Project, knol.google.com /k/bob/robert-jfitzgibbons- md.., 2008
• Prasaud P, Cemaj S, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Basic Features of
  Groin Hernia and Its Repair, In Yeo C, Dempssey D, Klein A, Pemberton, Peters J (eds.) Shakelford's Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 6th Edition, 2007
• Puri V, Wright A, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Laparoscopic Inguinal
  Hernia Repair, In Yeo C, Dempssey D, Klein A, Pemberton, Peters J (eds.) Shakelford's Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 6th Edition, 2007
• Amirlak B,Mittal S K, Fitzgibbons RJ Hernia Repair
   , In Zinner M, Ashley S (eds.) Maingot's Abdominal Operations, 11th edition, 2007
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Quinn TH, Richards AT Open Hernia
  Repair. 5 Alimantary Tract and Abdomen., In Souba WW, Fink MP, Jurkovich GJ, et al (eds) American College of Surgeons. ACS Surgery: Principles & Practice., 545, 2007
• Fitzgibbons RJ Jr, Ahluwalia H Inguinal Hernias,
  Abbreviated Companion version, In Brunicardi FC, Andersen DK, Billiar TR, Dunn DL, Hunter JG, Pollock RE. Schwartz's Principles of Surgery 8th Edition, 2007
• Memon MA*, Fitzgibbons Jr.,RJ Laparoscopic Inguinal
  Hernia Repair: Transabdominal Preperitoneal and Totally
  Extraperitoneal, In The SAGES Manual: Fundamentals of Laparoscopy and GI Endoscopy. E.H. Scott-Conner (ed) 2nd Edition, 467-481, 2006
• Richards AT, Quinn TH, Fitzgibbons ,RJ,Jr. Inguinal
  Anatomy and Abdominal Wall Hernias, In Surgery: Scientific Principles & Practices Greenfield (ed), 4th Edition, 1172-1209, 2006
• R.J. Fitzgibbons Jr., M.D., F.A.C.S., J.C. Meneu Díaz Valor
  de la laparoscopia en la estadificación y tratamiento
  paliativo del carcinoma de páncreas no resecable, In Actualización En Cirugía Del Aparato Digestivo Volumen XI E. Moreno Gonzalez(eds), 11, 445-448, 2005
• Robert J. Fitzgibbons, Jr., MD, FACS. Ramzi K. Deeik, MD,
  JC. Meneu Díaz, Tomas Martinez-Serna, MD. A. Moreno
  Elola-Olaso Tratamiento alternativo de la coledocolitiasis
  residual en el manejo laparoscópico de la colelitiasis
  sintomática, In Actualización En Cirugía Del Aparato Digestivo Volumen XI E. Moreno Gonzalez(eds), 11, 543-546, 2005
• Fitzgibbons RJ Jr, Filipi CJ,Quinn TH Inguinal Hernias, Brunicardi FC, Andersen DK, Billiar TR, Dunn DL, Hunter JG, Pollock RE. Schwartz's Principles of Surgery 8th Edition, 1353-1394, 2005
• Fitzgibbons RJ Jr Lee R TAPP Repair of Inguinofemoral
  Hernias, In: Soper NJ, SwanstrÖm LL, Eubanks WS. Mastery of Endoscopic and Lapaaroscopic Surgery, 2nd edition, 489-500, 2005
• Fitzgibbons RJ Jr Laparoscopic Inguinal Herniorrhaphy
   , In Cameron JL(ED): Current Surgical Therapy, 8th Edition., 1207-1213, 2004
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Quinn TH, Richards AT Open Hernia
  Repair. 3 Alimantary Tract and Abdomen., In Souba WW, Fink MP, Jurkovich GJ, et al (eds) American College of Surgeons. ACS Surgery: Principles & Practice., 545-568, 2004
• Arreguia M., R.J. Fitzgibbons, Jr., N. Katkhouda, J.B. McKernan, H. Reich. Principles of Laparoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery. 2nd Edition. Springer-Verlag: New York, NY, Not Applicable, In Press, 2003
• Fitzgibbons Jr. R.J. Laparoscopic Inguinal Herniorrhaphy. Current Surgical Therapy. JL Cameron (ed.). Elsevier Science: Philadelphia, PA., Not Applicable, 8th Edition - In Press, 2003
• Schultheis M.E., R.J. Fitzgibbons Jr., T.H. Quinn. Musculoskeletal and Neurovascular Anatomy of the Inguinal Preperitoneal Space. B. MacFadyen Jr. (ed.). Therapeutic Laparoscopy for Digestive Disease., Not Applicable, In Press, 2003
• TAPP Repair of Inguino-Femoral Hernias. Mastery of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgery. NJ Soper, LL Swanstrom, WS Eubands (eds.). Lipincott Williams and Wilkins:Philadelphia, PA., Not Applicable, 2nd Edition, 2003
• Memon M.A., R.J. Fitzgibbons Jr. Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair: Transabdominal Preperitoneal and Totally Extraperitoneal. The SAGES Manual: Fundamentals of Laparoscopy and GI Endoscopy. E.H. Scott-Conner (ed.) Springer-Verlad: New York, NY., Not Applicable, 2nd Edition - In Press, 2003
• Fitzgibbons Jr. R.J. Conventional Herniorrhaphy of the Abdominal Wall. ACS Surgery: Principles & Practice. Web MD Publishers. New York, NY., Not Applicable, 2003
• Fitzgibbons Jr. R.J. Eight Years' Experience with the Use of a Transcystic Common Bile Ducct Duodenal Double-Lumen Catheter for the Treatment of Choledocholithiasis. Actualizacion en Cirugia del Aparato Digestivo. E. Moreno Gonzalez (ed.) Spain., Not Applicable, 11th Edition, 2003
• Fitzgibbons Jr., R.J. Is Laparoscopy Useful in the Management of Patients with Pancreatic Cancer? E. Moreno Gonzalez (ed.). Actualizacion en Cirugia del Aparato Digestivo: Madrid, Spain., Not Applicable, 11th Edition - In Press, 2003
• Fitzgibbons RJ Jr, Huerta JE, Lee R, Mittal SK
  Herniopastica inguinal, In De la Torre AM(ED): Libro Interactivo de Cirugia Laparoscopica., 205-219, 2002
• Fitzgibbons Jr., RJ The Transabdominal Preperitoneal
  Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy
   , In: Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Greenburg G (eds). Nyhus & Condon Hernia, 5th edition, 2002, 255-268, 2001
• Wight AJ*, Gardner G*, Fitzgibbons RJ Bassini and Its
  Variants, In: Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Greenburg G (eds). Nyhus & Condon Hernia, 5th edition, 2002, 105-111, 2001
• Muhammed Ashraf Memon, Robert J Fitzgibbons, Jr.,
  Carol Scott-Conner Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair:
  Transabdominal Preperitoneal (TAPP) And Totally
  Extraperitoneal (TEP) Repairs, In: Scott-Connor Carol EH ed. Chassin's Operative Stratagey in General Surgery, 2002, 771-779, 2001
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Greenburg AG(Eds), Fifth Edition Nyhus and Condon: Hernia, 2001
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Zacker, K Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy
   , Mastery of Surgery, Fourth Edition, Fischer JE, Nyhus LM, Baker RJ (eds.), 1962-1967, 2001
• Fitzgibbons Jr., RJ,Filipi CJ Laparoscopic Proximal Gastric
  Vagotomy, Current Surgical Therapy, 7th Edition. Cameron JL (ed.), 1443-1449, 2001
• Richards AT, Quinn TH, Fitzgibbons ,RJ,Jr. Inguinal
  Anatomy and Abdominal Wall Hernias, Surgery: Scientific Principles & Practices Greenfield (ed), Third edition, 1185-1223, 2001
• Fitzgibbons Robert J, Ulualp Kenan* Laparoscopic
  Appendectomy, Mastery of Surgery, Fourth Edition, Fischer JE, Nyhus LM, Baker RJ (eds.), 1472-1479, 2001
• Fitzgibbons Jr., RJMarsh RE* Methods of Creating a
  Pneumoperitoneum, Surgical Laparoscopy, 29-39, 2001
• Surgical Laparoscopy, 3rd Edition. Zucker KA (ed)., Not Applicable, 29-39, 2001
• Memon M.A.*, Martínez-Serna, T*, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ
  Herniorrafia por Laparoscopia, Laparoscopia Quirurgica Estrategia y tecnia. Dr. Carlos Ballesta Lopez Author, 337-353, 2000
• Fitzgibbons Jr., RJ Laparoscopic Transabdominal
  Preperitoneal Herniorrhaphy (TAPP), In Van Heerden JA, Farley DR (eds): Operative Techniques in General Surgery,, 1(2), 169-184, 1999
• Nyhus & Condon's Hernia;, Not Applicable, 1999
• Principles of Laparoscopy, Not Applicable, 1999
• Memon M.A.*, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Assessing Risks, Costs
  and Benefits of Laparoscopic Hernia Repair, Annual Review of Medicine, 49, 95-109, 1998
• Lowham AS*, Filipi CJ, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Salerno GM*
  Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy, Textbook of Laparoscopy. Hulka and Reich 3rd Edition, 469-482, 1998
• Memon MA*, Feliu, X*, Sallent, EF*, Camps, J*,
  Fitzgibbons, Jr., RJ Laparoscopic Repair of Recurrent
  Hernias
   , Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, 1997
• Ryberg AA*, Lund RJ, Filipi CJ, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ
  Laparoscopic Hernia Procedures, Complications of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgery: Prevention and Management, Ponsky JL (ed.), 121-134, 1997
• Ulualp K*, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Laparoscopic appendectomy, Mastery of Surgery, Fischer JE, Nyhus LM, Baker RJ (eds.), 2, 1412-1419, 1997
• Ryberg AA*, Filipi CJ, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Transperitoneal
  approach to inguinal hernia, Endosurgery Toouli J, Gossot D, Hunter JG (eds.), 961-975, 1996
• Filipi CJ, Annibali R*, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Quinn TH Anatomic
  considerations for laparoscopic herniorrhaphy, Inguinal Hernia Repair, Schumpelick V, Wantz G (eds.), 16-21, 1995
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Vitale GC, Camps J* Laparoscopic
  inguinal hernia repair, Atlas of Laparoscopic General Surgery, Sanfilippo JS, Vitale GC, Perissat J (eds.), 207-217, 1995
• Filipi CJ, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Transabdominal Preperitoneal
  Repair: Mesh size and fixation technique, Inguinal Hernia Repair, Schumpelick V, Wantz G (eds.), 255-259, 1995
• Ulualp K*, Ryberg AA*, Cornet D, Filipi CJ, Fitzgibbons Jr
  RJ Laparoscopic Hernia Repair
   , Laparoscopic Hernia Repair: A New Standard?, Buchler MW, Frei E, Klaiber Ch. Metzger A (eds.), 177-188, 1995
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Camps J*, Nguyen N* Laparoscopic
  Inguinal Herniorrhaphy, Current Surgical Therapy, 5th Edition. Cameron JL (ed.), 1052-1059, 1995
• Annibali R*, Camps J*, Nguyen N*, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ
  Prosthetic materials and adhesion formation, Principles of Laparoscopic Surgery., 426-434, 1995
• Annibali R*,Camps J*, Nagan R*, Quinn T, Arregui M,
  Fitzgibbons, Jr RJ Anatomical considerations for
  laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair, Principles of Laparoscopic Surgery., 409-425, 1995
• Camps J*, Nguyen NX*, Annibali R*, Filipi CJ, Fitzgibbons
  Jr RJ Laparoscopic inguinal herniorrhaphy: Current
  Techniques, Principles of Laparoscopic Surgery., 400-408, 1995
• Filipi CJ, Hinder RA, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Laparoscopic Nissen
  fundoplication for gastroesophageal reflux disease, Principles of Laparoscopic Surgery., 232-242, 1995
• Filipi CJ, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Recurrence and complication
  rate after laparoscopic herniorrhaphy, Inguinal Hernia Repair, Schumpelick V, Wantz G (eds.), 404-408, 1995
• Ryberg AA*, Quinn T, Filipi CJ, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ
  Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy: Transabdominal
  Preperitoneal and Intraperitoneal Onlay
   , Problems in Surgery. Bendavid R and Arregui ME (eds.), 12(2), 173-184, 1995
• Filipi CJ, Wetscher GF, DeMeester TR, Peters JH, Hinder
  RA, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Development of Endo-Organ Surgery
  and Potential Clinical Applications, Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Foregut, Peters JH & DeMeester TR (eds.), 288-308, 1994
• Phillips E, Carroll BJ, Fallas MJ, Arregui M, Corbitt Jr J,
  Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, et al Reasons for recurrence following
  laparoscopic hernioplasty, Inguinal Hernia: Advances or P Controversies?, Arregui M and Nagan R, (eds.), 297-299, 1994
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Annibali R*, Litke B*, Cornet D*, Filipi CJ
  Results of laparoscopic inguinal herniorrhaphy with
  emphasis on the intraperitoneal onlay mesh technique, Inguinal Hernia: Advances or P Controversies?, Arregui M and Nagan R, (eds.), 245-250, 1994
• Tetik C*, Arregui ME, Castro D, Davis C, Dulucq J,
  Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, et al Complication and recurrences
  associated with laparoscopic repair of groin hernias: A
  multi-institutional retrospective analysis, Inguinal Hernia: Advances or P Controversies?, Arregui M and Nagan R, (eds.), 495-500, 1994
• Filipi CJ, Wetscher GJ*, DeMeester TR, Peters JH, Hinder
  RA, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Endo-Organ Surgery
   , Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Foregut, Peters JH & DeMeester TR (eds.), 288-308, 1994
• Annibali R*, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Prosthetic materials and
  adhesion formation, Inguinal Hernia: Advances or P Controversies?, Arregui M and Nagan R, (eds.), 115-124, 1994
• Salerno GM*, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Filipi CJ, Annibali R, Litke
  BS Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphies, Prostheses And Abdominal Wall Hernias, Bendavid R. (ed.), 486-506, 1994
• Annibali R*, Quinn T, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Avoiding nerve
  injury during laparoscopic hernia repair: Critical areas for
  staple placement, Inguinal Hernia: Advances or P Controversies?, Arregui M and Nagan R, (eds.), 41-49, 1994
• Nguyen N*, Camps J*, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Laparoscopic
  IntraPeritoneal Onlay Mesh Technique Inguinal Hernia
  Repair, Seminars in Laparoscopic Surgery. McKernan JB (ed.), 1(2), 106-115, 1994
• Annibali R*, Quinn T, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Surgical anatomy
  of the inguinal region and lower abdominal wall: The
  Laparoscopic Perspective, Prostheses And Abdominal Wall Hernias, Bendavid R. (ed.), 82-103, 1994
• Redmond L*, Salerno GM*, Annibali R*, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ
  Laparoscopic herniorrhaphy, Current Techniques in Laparoscopy, Brooks D. (ed.), 18(1), 18.2-18.11, 1994
• Annibali R*, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Filipi CJ, Litke BS*, Salerno
  GM* Laparoscopic inguinal hernia, Endoscopic Surgery, FL Greene, JL P Ponsky, WH Nealon (eds.), 352-386, 1994
• Filipi CJ, Fitzgibbons Jr, RJ, Salerno GM Laparoscopic
  Herniorrhaphy, Textbook of Laparoscopic Surgery, 2nd Edition, Hulka (ed.); WB Saunders, 313-326, 1993
• Salerno GM*, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Hart RO*, Corbitt Jr JD,
  Filipi CJ Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair, Surgical Laparoscopic Update, KA Zucker (ed.), 373-394, 1993
• 
  Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Nguyen N*, Camps J*, Litke B*, Cornet
  D*, Annibali R* Laparoscopic inguinal herniorrhaphy
  using an intra-abdominal or preperitoneal prosthesis, Laparoscopic Surgery, T. Gadacz (ed.), 1993
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ (Hart RO*, et al) Open laparoscopy for
  laparoscopic herniorrhaphy, Laparoscopia Quiruargia, C. Ballesta- 1992 P Lopez (ed.), 136-147, 1992
• Filipi CJ, Fitzgibbons Jr, RJ, Salerno GM Historical Review
  of Diagnostic Laparoscopy to Laparoscopic
  Cholecystectomy and Beyond, Surgical Laparoscopy, pp 3-22, 1991
• Salerno GM*, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Filipi C Laparoscopic
  Inguinal Hernia Repair, Surgical Laparoscopy, pp 281-295, 1991
• Lanspa SJ, Lynch HT, Smyrk TC, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, et al
  Colonoscopy Findings in a Series of Patients with
  Hereditary Colorectal Cancer, Hereditary Colorectal Cancer, Chapter 3, pp 115, 1990
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Lynch HT, Lanspa SJ, Smyrk T, et al
  Surgical Strategies for managmenet of the Lynch
  Syndromes, Hereditary Colorectal Cancer, Chapter 3, pp 211, 1990
• Lynch HT, Lanspa SJ, Smyrk TC, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, et al
  Historical and Natural Cancer History of Facets of the
  Lynch Syndromes, Hereditary Colorectal Cancer, Chapter 1, pp 17, 1990
• Lynch HT, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Smyrk TC, Lanspa SJ, Lynch J
  Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colon Cancer: Lynch Syndromes
  I & II, Current Therapy in Colon and Rectal Surgery, 1989
• Lynch HT, Watson P, Lanspa S, Marcus JN, Smyrk T,
  Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Kriegler M, Lynch JF, Chin CA, Lynch PM
  Familial Colonic Cancer: Delineation of Clinical Subsets
  with Etiologic and Management Considerations, Gastrointestinal Cancer: Current Approaches to Diagnosis and Treatment, 115-142, 1988
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Anthone G Changing Concepts in the Surgical Treatment
  of Patients with Curable Breast Cancer, Cancer Genetics in Women
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Salerno G, Filipi C Open Laparoscopy, Surgical Laparoscopy, pp 87-97
• Moertel CG, Foley J, Laurie J, Beart R, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, et
  al A New Era of Effective Therapy for Colorectal Cancer, 6th International Conference on Adjuvant Treatment of Cancer, 6, 425-434
• Fitzgibbons RJ Jr, Salerno GM* Use of laser for
  laparoscopic cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic Surgery, T. Gadacz (ed.), 1(1), 49-58
• Camps J*, Nguyen N*, Cornet D*, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ
  Laparoscopic trans-abdominal preperitoneal hernia repair, Operative Strategies in Laparoscopic Surgery. Phillips E (ed.), 83-87
• Annibali R*, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Laparoscopic anatomy of
  the abdominal wall, Operative Strategies in Laparoscopic Surgery. Phillips E (ed.), 75-82
• Quinn TA, Ryberg A, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Anatomy of Inguinal
  Region and Pelvis, Prevention and Management of Complication in Minimally Invasive Surgery. Lanzafame RJ (ed.)
• Camps J*, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Herniorrafia Laparoscopica:
  Tecnicas Actuales
   , Proceedings of XVI Curse Internacional de Actualizacion en Cirugia del Aparato Digestivo, 287-296
• Camps J*, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Hinder RA Fundoplicatura de
  Nissen for Laparoscopia. Experiencia En La Creighton
  University, Proceedings of XVI Curse Internacional de Actualizacion en Cirugia del Aparato Digestivo, 217-226
• Ryberg AA*, Ulualp KM*, Cornet D, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ,
  Laparoscopic Inguinal Herniorrhaphy, Laparo-Endoscopic Surgery, Iris B. Brune, M.D. (ed.)
• Fitzgibbons, Jr RJ, Memon, MA* Laparoscopic
  Management of Benign Hepatic     Cysts and Tumors
   , Current Surgical Therapy, 6th Edition. Cameron JL (ed.)
• Memon MA*, Fitzgibbons Jr.,RJ Laparoscopic Inguinal
  Hernia Repair: Transabdominal Preperitoneal and Totally
  Extraperitoneal
   , The SAGES Manual: Fundamentals of Laparoscopy and GI Endoscopy. E.H. Scott-Conner (ed)
• Memon MA*, Fitzgibbons, Jr RJ Laparoscopic
  Appendectomy, Critical Issues in Surgery
• Memon MA*, Fitzgibbons, Jr RJ Where Should
  Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy be, Critical Issues in Surgery
• Annibali R*, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Quinn TH Laparoscopic
  Anatomy
   , Hernias of the Abdominal Wall: Principles and Management, Bendavid R, Abrahamson J, Arregui M, Flament JB (eds)
• Sathyaprasad C B, Fitzgibbons Jr.,RJ Indirect Inguinal
  Hernia, Open Repair, In Scott-Connor (ed) The SAGES Manual of Strategic Decision Making
• Fitzgibbons Jr., RJ Treatment of Choledocholithiasis in the
  Era of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
  Treatment of Choledocholithiasis in the Era of
  Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, Proceedings of the XXVI Congress of the International Association of Surgeons & Gastroenterologist,
• Fitzgibbons R J, Jr Overview of Inguinal and Femoral
  Hernia Repairs, Mastery of Surgery, Fischer JE, Nyhus LM, Baker RJ (eds.)
• ) Fitzgibbons R. Watchful Waiting for Inguinal Hernia. In Advances in Surgery, 53rd edtion Cameron JL (ed.) Philadelphia, PA, Elsevier Science

Articles

• Larsen NK, Reilly MJ, Thankam FG1, Fitzgibbons RJ, Agrawal DK1. Novel understanding of high mobility group box-1 in the immunopathogenesis of incisional hernias., Expert Review of Clinical Immunology, Jul;15(7). doi: 10.1080/1744666X.2019.1608822., 791-800, 2019
• 
  Itani KMF, Fitzgibbons R. Approach to Groin Hernias. .
   , JAMA Surgery, . doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2018.5564. [Epub ahead of print] , 5564, 2019
• Rosol N, Iguidbashian J, Fitzgibbons R. An Intense Inflammatory Reaction to a Proceed Ventral Patch., Am. Surg, 1;85(6):, e284-e286, 2019
• Thankam FG, Palanikumar G, Fitzgibbons RJ, Agrawal DK. Molecular Mechanisms and Potential Therapeutic Targets in Incisional Hernia., J Surg Res, 236 doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2018.11.037. PMID: 30694748, 134-143., 2019
• Tubre DJ, Schroeder AD, Estes J, Eisenga J, Fitzgibbons RJ Jr. Surgical site infection: the "Achilles Heel" of all types of abdominal wall hernia reconstruction. Hernia. doi: 10.1007/s10029-018-1826-9. Epub 2018 Oct 1., Hernia, 22(6), 1003-1013, 2018
• Holzmer S, DeCino A, McCarthy M, Okwuosa C, Fitzgibbons RJ Jr. Preoperative Progressive Pneumoperitoneum for Incisional Hernia Repair with Loss of Domain. , Am. Surg, 84(5), 748-749, 2018
• Smedberg S, Reinpold W, Wijsmuller A, Fitzgibbons R.(2018) Complications – Prevention and Treatment Ch 18. In International guidelines for groin hernia management. 22(1):1-165. doi: 10.1007/s10029-017-1668-x. Epub 2018 Jan 12., Hernia, 22(1), 1-165, 2018
• HerniaSurge Group. International guidelines for groin hernia management. Hernia. 2018 Feb;22(1):1-165. doi: 10.1007/s10029-017-1668-x. Epub 2018 Jan 12., Hernia, 22(1), 1-165, 2018
• Schroeder AD, Campanelli G, Cavalli M, Cusick R, Fitzgibbons R, et all.  Humanitarianism in Surgery.  , Hernia, 21(6), 963-971, 2017
• van Veenendaal N, Simons M, Smietanski M, Bittner R, Miserez M, Aufenacker T, Fitzgibbons Jr, R., et al.  Developing International Collaborative Guidelines in Hernia Surgery.  , Ann Surg, 2017
• Schroeder AD, Campanelli  G, Cavalli M, Cusick R, Fitzgibbons R, Gilbert A, Lawson C, Manion J, Matthews B, Reinpold W, Roll S, Telemaque L-F, Wagner, JP, Chen DC, Filipi CJ. Humanitarianism in surgery.   Hernia. 2017 Dec;21(6):963-971. doi: 10.1007/s10029-017-1665-0. Epub 2017 Sep 8.
   , Hernia, 21(6), 963-971, 2017
• Fitzgibbons R J, Jr, Wagner M  Overview of Inguinal and  Femoral Hernia Repairs , Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Mastery of Surgery,Seventh Edition, FischerJE, Nyhus LM, Baker RJ eds.) , 2017
• Abdominal Wall Hernias,, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, In Greenfield's Surgery: Scientific Principles & Practices Greenfield (ed), 6th Edition Chapter 72 Lipincott Williams & Wilkins, Publishers: Philadelphia , PA, 1208-1257 , 2016
• Wagner JP, Schroeder AD, Espinoza JC, Hiatt JR, Mellinger JD, Cusick RA, Fitzgibbons RJ, et al.  Global outreach using
  systematic, competency-based training paradigm for inguinal hernioplasty, JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 152(1), 66-73, 2016
• 
  R. Bittner, 1M. A. Montgomery,2 E. Arregui,3 V.Bansal,4
  J. Bingener-Casey,5 T. Bisgaard,6H. Buhck,7M. Dudai,8G.
  S. Ferzli,9R. J. Fitzgibbons, et al Erratum to: Update of
  guidelines on laparoscopic (TAPP) and endoscopic (TEP)
  treatment of inguinal hernia (International Endohernia
  Society)., Surg Endosc, 29(6), 1655-6, 2015
• Deeken C, Ray S, Zihni A, Thompson D Jr,Miserez M,
  Fitzgibbons R et al Education., Hernia, 19 Suppl 1, S63-7, 2015
• Clinical Practice: Groin Hernias in Adults., New England Journal of Medicine, 372(8), 756-63, 2015
• R. Bittner, 1M. A. Montgomery,2 E. Arregui,3 V.Bansal,4
  J. Bingener-Casey,5 T. Bisgaard,6H. Buhck,7M. Dudai,8G.
  S. Ferzli,9R. J. Fitzgibbons, et al Update of Guidelines on
  Laparoscopic (TAPP) and Endoscopic (TEP)
  Treatment of Inguinal Hernia (International Endohernia
  Society)., Surg Endosc, 29(2), 289-321, 2015
• Fitzgibbons, R Forse, A Clinical practice. Groin hernias in
  adults., N Engl J Med, 19;372(8), 756-63, 2015
• Bellows CF, Shadduck P, Helton S, Martindale R,
  Fitzgibbons R Early Report of Comparative Evaluation of
  Strattice™ Reconstructive Tissue Matrix in the Repair of
  Inguinal Hernias, Hernia, 8(2), 221-30, 2014
• Losey-Flores K, Benzar R, Chan JM, Go S, Montoure A,
  Phillips KK, Fitzgibbons RJ, Nandipati K, Lee T, Dethlefs H,
  Manion J, Filipi CJ.Fitzgibbnons RJ Free hernia surgery for
  the underserved is possible in the United States., Hernia, 18(2), 305-10, 2014
• Bellows CF, Robinson C, Fitzgibbons RJ, Webber LS,
  Berger DH. Watchful waiting for ventral hernias: a
  longitudinal study, American Surgeon, 80(3), 245-52, 2014
• Amirlak, B, Fitzgibbons RJ Allograft AlloDerm(®) tissue for
  laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal groin hernia
  repair: A case report., International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, 5(6), 294-7, 2014
• Robert J Fitzgibbons, Jr., Bala Ramanan, Shipra Arya, Scott
  A Turner, Timothy J Dickhudt, Xue Li, Domenic Reda,
  James Gibbs Long-Term Results of a Non-Operative
  Strategy (Watchful Waiting) For Men With Minimally
  Symptomatic Inguinal Hernias, Ann Surg, 258(3), 508-15, 2013
• Muysoms FE, Deerenberg EB, Peeters E, Agresta F,
  Berrevoet F, Campanelli G, Ceelen W, Champault GG,
  Corcione F, Cuccurullo D, Debeaux AC, Dietz UA,
  Fitzgibbons RJ Jr, et al Recommendations for reporting
  outcome results in abdominal wall repair : Results of a
  Consensus meeting in Palermo, Italy, 28-30 June 2012
   , Hernia, 17(4), 423-33, 2013
• Lao OB, Fitzgibbons RJ Jr, Cusick RA. Pediatric Inguinal
  Hernias, Hydroceles, and Undescended Testicles, Surg Clin N Am, 92(3), 487-504, 2012
• Willer BL, Worrell SG, Fitzgibbons RJ Jr, Mittal SK.
  Incidence of diaphragmatic hernias following minimally
  invasive versus open transthoracic Ivor Lewis McKeown
  esophagectomy
   , Hernia, 16(2), 185-90, 2012
• Bathla L, Panwar A, Fitzgibbons RJ Jr, Balters M.
  Duodenocaval fistula from inferior vena cava filter
  penetration masquerading as lower gastrointestinal
  bleeding., Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 25(8), 1140.e7-11, 2011
• Gupta PK, Natarajan B, Gupta H, Fang X, Fitzgibbons RJ Jr.
  Morbidity and mortality after bowel resection for acute
  mesenteric ischemia, Surgery, 150(4), 779-87, 2011
• Bittner R, Arregui ME, Bisgaard T, Dudai M, Ferzli GS,
  Fitzgibbons RJ, et Al Guidelines for laparoscopic (TAPP)
  and endoscopic (TEP) treatment of inguinal hernia
  [International Endohernia Society (IEHS)]., Surg Endosc, 25(9), 2773-843, 2011
• Bellows CF, Shadduck PP, Helton WS, Fitzgibbons RJ. The
  design of an industry-sponsored randomized controlled
  trial to compare synthetic mesh versus biologic mesh for
  inguinal hernia repair
   , Hernia, 15(3), 325-32, 2011
• Bathla L, Davies E, Fitzgibbons RJ Jr, Cemaj S. Timing of
  traumatic lumbar hernia repair: is delayed repair safe?
  Report of two cases and review of the literature., Hernia, 15(2), 205-9, 2011
• Sarosi GA, Wei Y, Gibbs JO, Reda DJ, McCarthy M,
  Fitzgibbons RJ, Barkun JS A Clinician's Guide to Patient
  Selection for Watchful Waiting Management of Inguinal
  Hernia
   , Annals of Surgery, 253(3), 605-10, 2011
• Gupta PK, Natarajan B, Pallati PK, Gupta H, Sainath J,
  Fitzgibbons RJ Jr. Outcomes after Laparoscopic
  Adrenalectomy, Surgical Endoscopy, 25(3), 784-94, 2011
• Itani K, Fitzgibbon R, Awad S, Duh Q, Ferzli G
  Management of recurrent inguinal hernias, J Am Coll Surg, 209(5), 653-8, 2009
• Stadlhuber R, Sherif A, Mittal S, Fitzgibbons R, Brunt M,
  Hunter J, DeMeester T, Swanstrom L, Smith C, Filipi C
  Mesh Complications after Prosthetic Reinforcement of
  Hiatal Closure - A 28 Case Series, Surg Endosc, 23(6), 1219-26, 2009
• 
  Turaga K, Wright A, Lee R, Dias WP, Destache C, Christian
  R, Fitzgibbons RJ Jr Is there a future for cyclo-oxygenase II
  (cox-2) inhibitors in outpatient hernia surgery? A
  randomized trial on the peri-operative use of rofecoxib, Hernia, 12(5), 515-9, 2008
• Fitzgibbons R, Bellows C, Frank M, ItaniK,Scott B, Voeller
  G The use of Biological materials for hernia Repair, General Surgery News, 35(3), 45-48, 2008
• Turaga KK, Fitzgibbons RJ Jr, Puri V Inguinal Hernias:
  Should We Repair?
   , Surg Clin N Am, 88, 127-138, 2008
• Fitzgibbons RJ Laparoscopic Surgery for
  Gastroesophageal Reflux disease and Paraesophageal
  Hernias
   , Audio Digest, 55(4), 2008
• 
  Thompson, Gibbs J, Reda D, McCarthy M, Wei Y, Giobbie-
  Hurder A, Fitzgibbons, Jr R Does Delaying Repair of an
  Asymptomatic Hernia
  Does Delaying Repair of an Asymptomatic Hernia Have a
  Penalty?, Am J Surg, 195(1), 89-93, 2008
• Matthews RD, Anthony T, Kim LT, Wang J, Fitzgibbons RJ
  Jr, Giobbie-Hurder A, Reda DJ, Itani KM, Neumayer LA;
  Veterans Affairs Cooperative 456 Studies Program
  Investigators Factors Associated with Post-operative
  Complications and Hernia Recurrence for Patients
  undergoing Inguinal hernia Repair, Am J Surg, 194(5), 611-7, 2007
• Puri V, Bertellotti RP, Garg N, Fitzgibbons RJ.
  Intramesosigmoid hernia: a rare type of congenital
  internal hernia, Hernia, 11(5), 463-5, 2007
• Gibbs J, Giobbie-Hurder A, Edelman P, McCarthy Jr M,
  Fitzgibbons Jr R Does Delay of Hernia Repair in Minimally
  Symptomatic Men Burden the Patient’s Family?, J Am Coll Surg, 205(3), 409-12, 2007
• Puri V, Lee RW, Amirlak BA, Lanspa SJ, Fitzgibbons RJ Jr.
  Bouveret syndrome and gallstone ileus, Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques, 17(4), 328-30, 2007
• Puri V, Felix E, Fitzgibbons R Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia
  Repair Vs. Convetional Tension-Free: Consensus
  Statement from the 2005 Sages Debate, Surg Endosc, 20(12), 1809-1816, 2006
• StroupeKT, Manheim LM, Luo P, Giobbie-Hurder A, Hynes
  DM, Jonasson O, Reda DJ, Gibbs JO, Dunlop D,
  Fitzgibbons RJ Tension Free Repair versus Watchful
  Waiting for Men with Asymptomatic or Minimally
  Symptomatic Inguinal Hernias: a cost effectiveness
  analysis, J Am Coll Surg, 203(4), 458-68, 2006
• Hynes DM, Stroupe KT, Luo P, Giobbie-Hurder A, Reda D,
  Kraft M, Itani K, Fitzgibbons R, Jonasson O, Neumayer L.
  An Economic Analysis of Outpatient Laparoscopic Versus
  Open Mesh Hernia Repair: Results from the Veterans
  Affairs Cooperative Study, J Am Coll Surg, 203(4), 447-57, 2006
• Fitzgibbons RJ, Ramshaw B,Brunt M Inguinal Hernia
  Repair, Sages Grand Round Series, Episode V, 2006
• Fitzgibbons RJ Jr, Puri V. Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia
  Repair, The American Surgeon, 72(3), 197-206, 2006
• Mohiuddin K, Nizami S, Fitzgibbons RJ Jr, Watson P,
  Memon B, Memon MA. Predicting Iatrogenic Gall
  Bladder Perforation During Laparoscopic
  Cholecystectomy: A Multivariate Logistic Regression
  Analysis Of Risk Factors, American Journal of Surgery, 76(3), 130-2, 2006
• Turaga KK, Amirlak B, Davis RE, Yousef K, Richards A,
  Fitzgibbons RJ Jr Cholangitis after coil embolization of an
  iatrogenic hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm: an unusual
  case report, Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques, 16(1), 36-8, 2006
• Fitzgibbons RJ Jr, Giobbie-Hurder A, Gibbs JO, Dunlop DD,
  Reda DJ, McCarthy M Jr, Neumayer LA, Barkun JS, Hoehn
  JL, Murphy JT, Sarosi GA Jr, Syme WC, Thompson et al
  Watchful waiting vs repair of inguinal hernia in minimally
  symptomatic men: a randomized clinical trial
  Inguinal Hernia in Asymptomatic or Minimally
  Symptomatic Men, JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 18; 295(3), 328-9, 2006
• Fitzgibbons RJ Hernia Management, Audio Digest, 52, 24, 2005
• Neumayer LA, Gawande AA, Wang J, Giobbie-Hurder A,
  Itani KM, Fitzgibbons RJ Jr, Reda D, Jonasson O; CSP #456
  Investigators Proficiency of surgeons in inguinal hernia
  repair: effect of experience and age, Ann Surg, 242(3), 344-8; Discussion 348-52, 2005
• Neumayer L, Bendavid R, Duh Q,Fitzgibbons R Managing
  Unique Needs in Inguina Hernia Repair
   , Contemporary Surgery, 61(8), 384-389, 2005
• McCarthy M Jr, Jonasson O, Chang CH, Pickard AS,
  Giobbie-Hurder A, Gibbs J, Edelman P, Fitzgibbons R,
  Neumayer L Assessment of patient functional status after
  surgery., J Am Coll Surg, 201(2), 171-8, 2005
• McCarthy M Jr, Chang CH, Pickard AS, Giobbie-Hurder A,
  Price DD, Jonasson O, Gibbs J, Fitzgibbons R, Neumayer L.
  Visual analog scales for assessing surgical pain.
   , J Am Coll Surg, 201(2), 245-52, 2005
• Neumayer L, Bendavid R, Duh Q,Fitzgibbons R Mesh
  Repair of Inguinal hernia: Is Open Better Than Lap?, Contemporary Surgery, 61(7), 332-338, 2005
• Awad ZT, Puri V, Leblanc K, Stoppa R, Fitzgibbons RJ Jr,
  Iqbal A, Filipi CJ Mechanisms of ventral hernia recurrence
  after mesh repair and a new proposed classification, J Am Coll Surg, 201(1), 132-40, 2005
• Amid PK, Arregui MA, Fitzgibbons R, Neumayer L,
  Ramshaw BJ, Rutkow IM Inguinal Hernia Repair, General Surgery News, 32(1), 11-14, 2005
• Memon MA, Fitzgibbons RJ Hand-assisted laparoscopic
  surgery for colorectal malignancies
  Hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery for colorectal
  malignancies, J Coll Physicians Surg Pak, 14(9), 566-9, 2004
• Leigh Neumayer, M.D., Anita Giobbie-Hurder, M.S., Olga
  Jonasson, M.D., Robert Fitzgibbons, Jr., M.D.,et al. For
  the CSP #456 Investigators Open Mesh versus
  Laparoscopic Mesh Repair of Inguinal Hernia, N Engl J Med, 29: 350(18), 1819-27, 2004
• EU Hernia Trialists Collaboration Repair of Groin Hernia
  with Systemic Mesh: Meta-analysis of randomized
  controlled trials, Annals of Surgery, 235(3), 322-332, 2003
• Fingerhut A, Fitzgibbons RJ Is it always necessary to
  operate on inguinal hernias?
   , Rev Prat (La Revue Du Praticien), 53(15), 1660-1, 2003
• Fitzgibbons Jr. R.J., R. Lee. Laparoscopic Inguinal Herniorrhapy., Asian Journal of Endoscopy, In Press, 2003
• Fitzgibbons RJ, Jonasson O, Gibbs J, Dunlop DD,
  Henderson W, Reda D, Giobbie-Hurder A, McCarthy M.
  The Development of a Clinical Trial to Determine if
  Watchful Waiting is an Acceptable Alternative to Routine
  Herniorrhaphy for Patients with Minimal or No Hernia
  Symptoms, J Am Coll Surg, 196(5), 737-42, 2003
• Neumayer L, Jonasson O, Fitzgibbons Jr R,Reda D, Gibbs J,
  Hatton-Ward S, Tension-Free Inguinal Hernia Repair:
  Comparison of Open and Laparoscopic Surgical
  Techniques Study Design, J Am Coll Surg, 196(5), 743-52, 2003
• Fitzgibbons, RJ, O. Jonasson, J. Gibbs, DD. Dunlop, W. Henderson, D. Reda, A. Giobbie-Hurder, M. McCarthy. The Development of a Clinical Trial to Determine if Watchful Waiting is an Acceptable Alternative to Routine Herniorrhaphy for Patients with Minimal or No Hernia Symptoms, J Am Coll Surg, 196(5), 737-42, 2003
• Neumayer L., O. Jonasson, R.J. Fitzgibbons Jr., D. Reda, J. Gibbs, S. Hatton-Ward. Tension-Free Inguinal Hernia Repair: Comparison of Open and Laparoscopic Surgical Techniques Study Design., J Am Coll Surg, 196(5), 743-52, 2003
• Markovic S, Suman VJ, Dalton RJ, Woods JE, Fitzgibbons
  RJ Jr, Wold LE, Buckner JC, Kugler JW, Mailliard JA, et al
  Randomized, placebo-controlled, phase III surgical
  adjuvant clinical trial of megestrol acetate (Megace) in
  selected patients with malignant melanoma, Am J Clin Oncol, 25(6), 552-6, 2002
• Marsh RE, Filipi CJ, Tercero F: Sliding Hiatal Hernia. Hernia. Fitzgibbons RJ, Greenburg AG (ed) Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2002, Not Applicable, Chapter 41, pp. 479-492, 2002
• EU Hernia Trialists Collaboration Repair of Groin Hernia with Systemic Mesh: Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, Annals of Surgery, Vol 235, No. 3, 322-332, 2002
• Fitzgibbons RJ Jr., Gersch K Combined Laparoscopic
  Parastomal and Ventral Hernia Repair using Expanded
  Polytetrafluoroethylene(e-PTFE), American College of Surgeons Annual Clinical Congress, 2001
• Fitzgibbons, Jr RJ, Gardner, GC* The Laparoscopic
  Surgeon and the Common Bile Duct, World Journal of Surgery, 25(10), 1317-1324, 2001
• The Transabdominal Preperitoneal Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy, Fifth Edition Nyhus and Condon: Hernia, 255-268, 2001
• Fitzgibbons, Jr RJ, Gardner, GC*The Laparoscopic Surgeon and the Common Bile Duct, World Journal of Surgery, 25;10, 1317-1324, 2001
• Wight AJ*, Gardner G*, Fitzgibbons RJ Bassini and Its Variants, Fifth Edition Nyhus and Condon: Hernia, 105-111, 2001
• Muhammed Ashraf Memon, Robert J Fitzgibbons, Jr., Carol Scott-Conner Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair: Transabdominal Preperitoneal (TAPP) And Totally Extraperitoneal (TEP) Repairs, Book, 771-779, 2001
• Davis RE*, Mittal SK*, Perdikis G*, Richards AT,
  Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Traumatic Hyperextension/Hyperflexion
  of the Lumbar Vertebrae with Entrapment and
  Strangulation of Small Bowel: A Case Report, J Trauma, 49(5), 958-9, 2000
• Archer SB, Sims MM, Giklich R, Traverso B, Laycock B,
  Wolfe BM, Apfelgren KN, Fitzgibbons RJ, Hunter JG
  Outcomes assessment and minimally invasive
  surgery.Historical perspective and future directions., Surg Endosc, 14(10), 883-90, 2000
• Fitzgibbons RJ Jr, Amid PK,Bendavid R, McKernan,
  Murphy JW Surgery Roundtable: Current Issues in
  Inguinal Herniorrhaphy, Current Issues in Inguinal Herniorrhaphy, 2000
• Collaboration EH Mesh compared with non-mesh
  methods of open groin hernia repair: systematic review
  of randomized controlled trials., British Journal of Surgery, 87(7), 854-9, 2000
• Collaboration EH Laparoscopic compared with open
  methods of groin hernia repair: systematic review of
  randomized controlled trials., British Journal of Surgery, 87(7), 860-7, 2000
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ The reflections of an early innovator in
  the field of laparoscopic surgery., JSLS, 4(1), 1-4, 2000
• Tyndall SH, Memon MA*, Lund RJ*, Beck D, Fessenden J,
  Stegman MR,Fitzgibbons RJ Jr
  Fitzgibbons RJ Jr The effect of the
  anastomotic size on gastric emptying after
  hemigastrectomy with Billroth II reconstruction, Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol, 11(12), 1359-64, 1999
• Mittal SK*, C.J. Filipi, P.I. Anderson, S.J. Fenton, J.E.
  Cummings2, D. Cornet3, T.H. Quinn4, and R.J. Fitzgibbons
  Jr Additional mechanisms of hiatal hernia recurrence and
  its prevention, Hernia, 3, 215-220, 1999
• EU Hernia Trialists Collaboration Overview of randomized
  trials of inguinal hernia repair – a European Union
  Concerted Action, Surg Endosc, 13(10), 1030-1, 1999
• Memon MA*, Deeik RK, Maffi TR, Fitzgibbons RJ Jr The
  outcome of unretrieved gallstones in the peritoneal
  cavity during laparoscopic
  cholecystectomy. A prospective analysis., Surg Endosc, 13(9), 848-57, 1999
• Memon MA*, Feliu X, Sallent EF, Camps J, Fitzgibbons RJ
  Jr Laparoscopic repair of recurrent hernias., Surg Endosc, 13(8), 807-10, 1999
• Mittal S*, Filipi CJ, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, et al Additional
  Mechanisms of Hiatal Hernia Recurrence and Its
  Prevention, Hernia, 3, 215-220, 1999
• Deeik RK*, Fitzgibbons Jr., RJ, Sims K: Eosinophilic
  Cholecystitis: Three Distinct Disease Processes, Abdominal Surgery, 2-5, 1998
• Fitzgibbons RJ Jr,Deeik RK, Martinez-Serna T Eight Years’
  Experience with the use of a Transcystic Common Bile
  Duct Duodenal Double-Lumen Catheter for the
  Treatment of Choledocholithiasis, Surgery, 124(4), 699-705, 1998
• O’Connell M, Nagorney D, Bernath A, Schroeder G,
  Fitzgibbons Jr. RJ, Mailliard J, et al Sequential Intrahepatic
  Fluorodeoxyuridine and Systemic Fluorouracil Plus
  Leucovorin for the Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal
  Cancer Confined to the Liver
   , J Clinical Oncology, 16(7), 2528-2533, 1998
• Memon MA*, Fitzgibbons RJ Jr Hand-Assisted
  Laparoscopic Surery (HALS): A Useful Technique for
  Complex Laparoscopic Abdominal Procedures, Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques, 8(3), 143-50, 1998
• Filipi CJ, Champion JK, McKernan, B, Swanstrom L, Deeik
  RK, Howe Z, Fitzgibbons Jr., RJ The Mini-Invasive Surgical
  Treatment of the Short Esophagus During Anti-Reflux
  Surgery, 1998
• O’Connell M,Laurie J,Kahn M,Fitzgibbons Jr. RJ, et al
  Prospectively Randomized Trial of Postoperative
  Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients with High-Risk Colon
  Cancer, J Clinical Oncology, 16(1), 295-300, 1998
• Zeig DA*, Memon MA*, Kennedy DR*, Woodward SA*,
  Fitzgibbons RJ Jr Leiomyosarcoma of the Gallbladder – A
  Case Report and Review of the Literature, Acta Oncol, 37(2), 212-214, 1998
• Fitzgibbons, Jr RJ “Symposium: Operative Repair of
  Inguinal Hernias”. Roundtable Discussion for
  Contemporary Surgery(1996 October), Contemporary Surgery, 51(6), 387-397, 1997
• Memon MA*, Fitzgibbons, JR.,RJ The Role of Minimal
  Access Surgery in the Acute Abdomen”
   , Surgical Clinics of North America, 77(6), 1333-1353, 1997
• Filipi CJ, Perdikis G, Hinder RA, DeMeester TR, Fitzgibbons
  Jr RJ, Peters J An intraluminal surgical approach to the
  management of gastric bezoars, Surg Endosc, 9(7), 831-833, 1997
• Ryberg AA*, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Tseng A*, Maffi T, Burr LJ,
  Doris P Abnormal cholangiograms during laparoscopic
  cholecystectomy: Is treatment always necessary?, Surgical Endoscopy, 11(5), 456-459, 1997
• Lowham AS*, Filipi CJ, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Stoppa R, Wantz
  GE, Felix EL, Crafton WB Mechanisms of hernia
  recurrence after preperitoneal mesh repair: Traditional
  and laparoscopic, Annals of Surgery, 225(4), 422-431, 1997
• Memon MA*, Fitzgibbons, Jr., RJ Spontaneous erosion of
  a lost intra-abdominal gallstone through the back eight
  months following laparoscopic cholecystectomy, J Soc Laparoendosc Surgery, 1(2), 153-157, 1997
• Hackett, TR, Memon, MA*, Fitzgibbons, Jr., RJ, Mixter, CG
  Laparoscopic resection     of heterotopic gastric pancreatic
  tissue, Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques, 7(5), 307-312, 1997
• Fitzgibbons RJ Jr Preperitoneal Laparoscopic Inguinal
  Herniorrhaphy, American College of Surgeons, 1997
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Tseng A*, Wang H, Ryberg AA*, Nguyen
  N*, Sims KL Acute Cholecystitis: Does the clinical
  diagnosis correlate with the pathological diagnosis?, Surg Endosc, 10(12), 1180-1184, 1996
• Lynch HT, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Surgery, Desmoid Tumors and
  FPA: Case report and literature review, Am J Gastroenterol, 91(12), 2598-2601, 1996
• Filipi CJ, Gaston-Johansson F, McBride, PJ, Murayama K,
  Gerhardt J, Cornet DA, Lund RJ, Hirai D, Graham R, Patil K,
  Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Gaines R An assessment of pain and
  return to normal activity: Laparoscopic herniorrhaphy vs
  open tension-free Lichtenstein repair
   , Surg Endosc, 10(10, 983-986, 1996
• Pisansky TM, Loprinzi CL, Cha SS, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, et al A
  pilot evaluation of alternating preoperative
  chemotherapy in the management of patients with
  locoregionally advanced breast carcinoma
   , Cancer, 77(12), 2520-8, 1996
• Broughton II G*, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Geiss RW, Adrian TE,
  Anthone G Intravenous chenodeoxycholate prevents
  calcium bilirubinate gallstones during total parenteral
  nutrition in the prairie dog
   , Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 20(3), 187-193, 1996
• Tseng A*, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ The role of laparoscopy in
  hepato-biliary disease, Practical Gastroenterology, 20(4), 23-38, 1996
• Wiesenfeld M, O'Connell MJ, Wieand, HS, Pazdur R,
  Donohue JH, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, et al Cntrolled clinical trial
  of interferon-y as postoperative surgical adjuvant therapy
  for colon cancer, J Clinical Oncology, 13(9), 2324-2329, 1995
• Lynch HT, Smyrk T, Lynch J, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Lanspa S,
  McGinn T Update on the differential diagnosis,
  surveillance and management of HNPCC, Euro J Cancer, 31A(7/8), 1039-1046, 1995
• Donohue JH, Williams S, Cha S, Windschitl HE, Witzig TE,
  Nelson H, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Wieand HS, Moertell CG
  Perioperative blood transfusions do not affect the
  disease recurrence of patients undergoing curative
  resection of colorectal carcinoma, J Clinical Oncology, 13(7), 1671-1678, 1995
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Ryberg A, Ulualp KM, Nguyen NX, et al
  An alternative technique for management of
  choledocholithiasis found at laparoscopic
  cholecystectomy, Arch Surg, 130(6), 638-642, 1995
• Phillips EH, Arregui M, Carroll BJ, Corbitt J, Crafton WB,
  Fallas MJ, Filipi CJ, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, et al Incidence of
  complications following laparoscopic hernioplasty, Surg Endosc, 9(1), 16-21, 1995
• Camps J*, Nguyen N*, Annibali R*, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ
  Laparoscopic inguinal herniorrhaphy: The
  transabdominal techniques
   , International Surgery, 80(1), 18-25, 1995
• Phillips EH, Rosenthal R, Falls M, Carroll B, Arregui M,
  Corbitt J, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, et al Reasons for early
  recurrence following laparoscopic hernioplasty
   , Surg Endosc, 9(2), 140-145, 1995
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Camps J, Cornet DA, Nguyen NX, Litke
  BS, Annibal R, Salerno GM Laparoscopic inguinal hernia:
  Results of a multi-center trial, Ann Surg, 221(1), 3-13, 1995
• Quinn TH, Annibali R*, Dalley AF, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ
  Dissection of the anterior abdominal wall and the deep
  inguinal region from a laparoscopic perspective, J Clinical Anatomy, 8(4), 245-251, 1995
• Tetik C*, Arregui ME, Dulucq JL, Fitzgibbons RJ, Franklin
  ME, McKernan JB, Rosin RD, Schultz LS, Toy FK
  Complications and recurrences associated with
  laparoscopic repair of groin hernias. A multi-institutional
  retrospective analysis, Surgical Endoscopy, 8(11), 1316-1322, 1994
• Annibali R*, Quinn T, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Inguinal anatomy
  for laparoscopic hernia repair, 1994
• Lynch HT, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Chong S, Cavalieri J, Lynch J,
  Patel S, Wallace F Use of doxorubicin and dacarbazine for
  the management of unresectable intra-abdominal
  desmoid tumors in Gardner's syndrome
   , Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, 37(3), 260-267, 1994
• Nguyen N*, Camps J*, Filipi CJ, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ
  Laparoscopic Inguinal Herniorrhaphy, Annales Chirurgiae et Gynacologiae, 83(2), 109-116, 1994
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Salerno GM*, Filipi CJ, Hunter W,
  Watson P A laparoscopic intraperitoneal onlay mesh
  technique for the repair of an indirect inguinal hernia, Ann Surg, 219(2), 144-156, 1994
• Lynch HT, Lynch J, Conway T, Watson P, Feunteun J,
  Lenoir G, Narod T, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Hereditary breast
  cancer (HBC) and family cancer syndromes
  
   , World J Surg, 18(1), 21-31, 1994
• Unger SW, Olsen DO, Nagy A, Zucker KA, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ,
  et al Laparoscopic surgery: Surgical education in the
  Peoples Republic of China, Surg Laparosc Endosc, 4(4), 277-283, 1994
• MacFayden BM, Arregui M, Corbitt Jr J, Filipi CJ,
  Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, et al Complications of laparoscopic
  herniorrhaphy, Surg Endosc, 7(3), 155-158, 1993
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Annibali R*, Litke BS Gallbladder and
  gallstone removal, open versus closed laparoscopy, and
  pneumoperitoneum
   , Am J Surg, 165(4), 497-504, 1993
• Hart RO*, Tamadon A*, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Fleming A Open
  laparoscopic cholecystectomy in pregnancy
   , Surg Laparosc Endosc, 3(1), 13-16, 1993
• Hinder RA, Filipi CJ, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Laparoscopic Nissen
  fundoplication, 1993
• Smith L, Sackier J, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Olsen D, Wolfe B
  Advances in Laparoscopic Surgery, Surg Endosc(Resident's Corner), 6, 205-210, 1993
• Falk PM*, Beart Jr RW, Wexner SD, Thorson AC, Jagelman
  DG, Lavery IC, Johansen OB, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ
  Laparoscopic Colectomy: A critical appraisal
   , Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, 36(1), 28-34, 1993
• Filipi CJ, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Salerno GM*, Hart RO
  Laparoscopic herniorrhaphy
   , Surgical Clinics of North America, 72(5), 1109-1124, 1992
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, et al Laparoscopic Repair of Indirect
  Inguinal Hernia: Onlay Mesh Technique
   , 1992
• Fitzgibbons RJ Jr,Hart RO*, Filipi CJ, Salerno GM Open
  laparoscopy for laparoscopic herniorrhaphy, Video Review Surg, 9(4), 31-39, 1992
• Filipi CJ, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Hunter JG, Soper NJ A
  mechanism of common bile duct injury unique to
  laparoscopic cholecystectomy, 1992
• Fitzgibbons RJ Jr Patient Education for Laparoscopic
  Cholecystectomy. Video Perspectives in Surgical
  Laparoscopy, 1992
• Fitzgibbons RJ Jr Open Laparoscopy. Video Perspectives
  in Surgical Laparoscopy, 1992
• Galandiuk S, Wieand H, Moertel C, Cha S, Fitzgibbons Jr
  RJ, Pemberton J, Wolff B, Moertel J: Patterns of
  recurrence following curative resection of colorectal
  carcinoma., Surg Gyne & Obste, 174(1), 27-32, 1992
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Salerno GM*, Filipi CJ Therapeutic
  laparoscopy in general surgery, Surgery Annual, 24(2), 1-24, 1992
• Welch NT*, Hinder RA, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Gallstones in the
  peritoneal cavity: A clinical and experimental study
   , Surg Laparosc Endosc, 1(4), 246-247, 1991
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Schmid S*, Santoscopy R*, et al Open
  laparoscopy for laparoscopic cholecystectomy, Surg Laparosc Endosc, 1(4), 216-222, 1991
• Welch NT*, Hinder RA, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ: Dealing with
  problems during laparoscopic cholecystectomy, 1991
• Welch NT*, Fitzgibbons RJ Jr, Hinder RA: Beware of the
  porcelain gallbladder during laparoscopic surgery, Surg Laparosc Endosc, 1(3), 202-205, 1991
• Gadacz TR, Zucler LA, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Reddick EG,
  Kirshenbaum G, Petelin JP Symposium: Laparoscopic
  Cholecystectomy, Contemporary Surgery, 38, 69-71, 1991
• 
  Frank A, Dunnington GL, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Conservative
  Surgery and irradiation for Early Breast Cancer in the
  Older Woman, Nebraska Medical Journal, 76(9), 297-306, 1991
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Lynch HT, Salerno GM Hereditary Colon
  Cancer Syndromes
   , Surgery Annual, 23, 111-132, 1991
• Broughton G, Tseng A, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Tyndall S,
  Stanislav G, Rongone EL The Prevention of Cholelithiasis
  with Infused Sodium Chenodeoxycholate in the Prairie
  Dog (Cynomys Ludovicianus), Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A, 99(4), 609-613, 1991
• Welch NT*, Hinder RA, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Laparoscopic
  Incidental Appendectomy
   , Surg Laparosc Endosc, 1(2), 116-118, 1991
• 
  Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Hinder RA, Fitzgibbons Sr RJ Technical
  Considerations in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, 1990
• Lynch HT, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Lynch JF Heterogeneity and
  Natural History of Hereditary Breast Cancer: Surgical
  Implications, Surgical Clinics of North America, 70(4), 753-774, 1990
• Martin JK, O'Connell MJ, Wieand HS, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, et
  al Intra-arterial floxuridine vs systemic fluorouracil for
  hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer. A randomized
  trial.
   , Arch Surg, 125(8), 1022-1027, 1990
• Beart RW, Moertel CG, Wieand HS, Leigh JE, Windschitl
  HE, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, et al Adjuvant Therapy for
  Resectable Colorectal Carcinoma with Fluorouracil
  Administered by Protal Vein Infusion, Arch Surg, 125(7), 897-901, 1990
• Lynch HT, Fitzsimmons ML, McClellan J, Lanspa SJ,
  Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Smyrk TC, Lynch J Familial Pancreatic
  Cancer (Part II): Surveillance, Diagnostic Tests and
  Surgical Strategies, Nebraska Medical Journal, 75(6), 130-133, 1990
• Foley FJ, Moertel CG, Laurie J, Beart R, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ,
  et al A new era of effective therapy for colorectal cancer, Adjuvant Therapy of Cancer, 425-434, 1990
• Broughton G II, Tseng A, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Fishkin AF,
  Rongone EL The Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis for
  Biliary Lipids in the Prairie Dog (Cynomys Ludovicianus, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 97(3), 521-526, 1990
• Beart RW Jr, Moertel CG, Wieand HS, Leigh JE, Windschitl
  HE, van Heerden JA, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, et al Adjuvant
  Therapy for Resectable Colorectal Carcinoma with
  Fluorouracil Administered by Portal Vein Infusion
   , Arch Surg, 125, 897-901, 1990
• Rothberg M, Klingman R, Montag M, Redland R,
  Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Fournier's Syndrome: An Unusual Case
  Presentation, Infections in Surgery, 8(9), 325, 1989
• Lynch HT, Lanspa SJ, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Smyrk T,
  Fitzsimmons ML, McClellan J Familial Pancreatic Cancer
  (Part I): Genetic and Pathology Review, Nebraska Medical Journal, 74(5), 109-112, 1989
• Ingle JN, Everson LK, Wieand HS, Cullinan SA, Wold LE,
  Hagen JB, Martin JK, Krook JE, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, et al
  Randomized Trial to Evaluate the Addition of Tamoxifen
  to Cyclophosphamide, 5-flourouracil, Prednosone
  Adjuvant Therapy in Premenopausal Women with Node
  Positive Breast Cancer
   , Cancer, 63(7), 1257-1264, 1989
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Anthone G, Tseng T, Stanislav GV, Bailey
  RT Jr, Rongone EL Alternatives to Conventional Surgical
  Therapy for Calculus Biliary Tract Disease, Surgery Annual, 21, 237-62, 1989
• Lynch HT, Boman B, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Lanspa SJ, Smyrk TC
  Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colon Cancer: A Challenge for
  the Clinician
   , Nebraska Medical Journal, 74, 2-7, 1989
• Lynch HT, Conway T, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Schrieman J,
  Watson P, Marcus J, Fitzsimmons ML, Lynch JF Age of
  Onset heterogeniety in hereditary Breast Cancer:
  Minimal Clues for Diagnosis, Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 12(13), 275-285, 1988
• Lynch HT, Bowman BM, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Familial
  Polyposis Coli: Genetics, Surveillance and Treatment, Nebraska Medical Journal, 329-334, 1988
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Hinder RA Surgical Approach Through
  the Follor of the Mouth for a Six Centimeter
  Submandibular Neck Mass, 1988
• Lynch HT, Watson P, Lanspa SJ, Marcus J, Smyrk T,
  Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Kriegler M, Lynch JF Natural History of
  Colorectal Cancer in Hereditary Nonpyloposis Colorectal
  cancer (Lynch Syndromes I & II), Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, 31, 439-444, 1988
• Lynch HT, Watson P, Kriegler M, Lynch JF, Lanspa SJ,
  Marcus J, Smyrk T, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Cristofaro G
  Differential Diagnosis of Hereditary Nonpolyposis
  Colorectal Cancer (Lynch Syndrome I and Lynch
  Syndrome II), Disease of the Colon and Rectum, 31(5), 372-377, 1988
• Lynch HT, Conway T, Schreiman J, Watson P, Fitzgibbons
  Jr RJ Extremely Early Onset Hereditary Breast Cancer
  (HBC): Surveillance/Management Implications, Nebraska Medical Journal, 73(4), 97-100, 1988
• Klingman Jr R*, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Rothberg M Diagnosis of
  Pancreatic Cancer
   , Contemporary Surgery, 32, 75-80, 1988
• Lynch HT, Watson P, Lanspa S, Marcus J, Smyrk T,
  Fitzgibbons R Jr, Cristofaro G, Kriegler M, Lynch J Clinical
  nuances of Lynch syndromes I and II, Prog Clin Biol Res, 279, 177-88, 1988
• Lynch HT, Watson P, Lanspa SJ, Marcus J, Smyrk T,
  Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Cristofaro G, Kriegler M, Lynch J Clinical
  Nuances of Lynch Syndromes I & II, Basic and Clinical Perspectives of Colorectal Polyps and Cancer, 279, 177-188, 1988
• Klingman Jr R*, Massop D*, Fitzgibbons Jr
  RJ
  Ectopic Liver of the Gallbladder, Hospital Physician, 23(12), 59-60, 1987
• Stanislav GV*, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Bailey RT, Mailliard JA,
  Johnson PS Reliability of Implantable Central Venous
  Access Devices in Patients with Cancer, Arch Surg, 122(11), 1280-1283, 1987
• Lynch HT, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Lanspa SJ, Marcus JN, Lynch
  JF, Kopelovich L Familial Polyposis Coli and
  Neurofibromatosis in the Same Patient: A Family Study, Cancer Genet Cytogenet, 28(2), 245-251, 1987
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Lynch HT, Stanislav G, Watson PA,
  Lanspa SJ, Marcus JN, Smyrk T, Kriegler MD, Lynch JF
  Recognition and Treatment of Patients with Hereditary
  Nonpolyposis Colon Cancer (Lynch Syndromes I & II), Ann Surg, 206(3), 289-295, 1987
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Schmitz GD, Bailey Jr RT A Simple
  Technique for Constructing a Loop Enterostomy Which
  Allows for Immediate Placement of an Ostomy Appliance, SG&O, 164(1), 78-80, 1987
• Bierman MH, Kasperbauer J, Kusek A, Hammeke MD,
  Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Egan JD Peritoneal Catheter Survival
  and Complications in End Stage Renal Disease, Peritoneal Dialysis Bulletin, 229-233, 1985
• Lynch HT, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Marcus J, McGill J, Voorhees
  GJ, Lynch FP Colorectal Cancer in a Nuclear Family:
  Familial or Hereditary?
   , Disease of the Colon and Rectum, 28(5), 310-316, 1985
• Albano WA, Durr M, Gutierrez AR, McGill J, Campbell A,
  Mailliard JA, Johnson PS, Dvorak AD, Lynch HT,
  Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Hepatic artery infusion: Surgical
  approach, Cancer Drug Delivery, 1(3), 212-226, 1984
• Angelilo VA, O'Donohue Jr WJ, Campbell JC, Hurley J,
  Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Gastrobrochial fistual secondary to a
  subphrenic abscess, Chest, 84(1), 85-86, 1983
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Nugent F, Ellis FH, Braasch JW, Unusual
  thoracoabdominal duplication associated with
  pancreaticopleural fistual, Gastroenterology, 79(2), 344-347, 1980
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Harkrider Jr WW, Cohn Jr I Review of
  Abdominoperineal resections for cancer, Am J Surg, 134(5), 624-629, 1977
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, R. Lee. Laparoscopic inguinal herniorrhaphy. Submitted to Asian Journal of Endoscopy
• Beart RW, Moertel CG, Wieand HS, Leigh JE, Windschitl
  HE, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, et al Adjuvant Therapy for
  Resectable Colorectal Carcinoma with Fluorouracil
  Administered by Protal Vein Infusion, Arch Surg, 125(7), 897-901
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Minimally Invasive Surgery, General Surgery News
• Fitzgibbons R + TBA Review of on Groin Hernia for
  primary care physicians., JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
• Fitzgibbons R + TBA Surgery Review of on Groin Hernia:
  Technical information of interest to Surgeons, JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
• 
  Maarten Simons (coördinator) for the Working Group of
  the American Hernia Society and the European Hernia
  Society International Guidelines for Treatment of Groin
  Hernia, Hernia
• Justin P. Wagner, MD1,2, Alexander D. Schroeder,
  MD1,3, Juan C. Espinoza, MD1,4, Jonathan R. Hiatt,
  MD1,2, John D. Mellinger, MD5, Robert A. Cusick, MD1,6,
  Robert J. Fitzgibbons, MD1,3, Giampiero et al A
  systematic, competency-based training paradigm for
  global outreach in Lichtenstein hernioplasty, JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association

Publications

• Fitzgibbons RJ JrGuest Editor, Hernia Edition, Sept 2017 http://web2.facs.org/SRGS_Connect/wysk/wysk0917.cfm., Selected Readings in General Surgery, 43(4), 2017
• Neumayer L, Jonasson O, Fitzgibbons R; CSP #456
  Investigators. Laparoscopic hernia in the light of the
  Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study 456; more rigorous
  studies are needed.
  Hernia in the light of the Veterans Affairs Cooperative
  Study 456; more rigorous studies are needed.’’ Surg
  Endosc, 2005; 19: 1288–1289, Surg Endosc, 20-(7), 1144-5, 2006
• Neumayer L, Fitzgibbons R Jr, Itani K, Jonasson O.
  Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair, J Am Coll Surg, 200(4), 616-20, 2005
• Fitzgibbons RJ Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair
   , Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 1:8(7S), 76A, 2004
• 
  Fitzgibbons, RJ Inguinal Hernia Management: The
  Rationale for Watchful Waiting, Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 1;8(7S), 8A, 2004
• Jonasson O, Fitzgibbons RJ, Neumayer LA. Reply to Letter, J Am Coll Surg, 197(4), 703, 2003
• Henry T. Lynch, M.D.; Jane F. Lynch, B.S.N.; Robert
  Fitzgibbons, Jr., M.D. Role of Prophylactic Colectomy in
  the Lynch Syndrome Commentary on Scaife and Rodriguez-Bigas,
  Lynch Syndrome—Implications for the Surgeon, Clinical Colorectal Cancer, 3(2), 99-101, 2003
• Aronoff R, Arregui M, Caushaj P, Coletta A, Duncan T,
  Felix TE, Fenoglio M, Filip C, Finley C, Fitzgibbons R, et al
  Ethical issues in endoscopic surgery, Surg Endosc, 17(3), 522-3, 2003
• Fitzgibbons RJ Jr Laparoscopic herniorrhaphy
  (Concerning article by Knook(RSE99-112). Impact of
  randomized trials on the application of endoscopic
  inguinal hernia repair in the Netherlands), Surg Endosc, 16(3), 545-6, 2002
• Fitzgibbons Jr., RJ Invited commentary :Laproscopic
  Appendectomy by Gotz/Pier Eichen, Minimally Invasive SurgeryAbdominal Surgery, 308-309, 2001
• Tyndall, SH, Memon, MA*, Lund, R, Beck, D, Fessenden, J,
  Fitzgibbons Jr., RJ The effect of the anastomotic size on
  gastric emptying after hemigastrectomy with Bilroth II
  reconstruction, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT), Washington, DC, 1997
• Memon, MA*, Fitzgibbons Jr., RJ Laparoscopic sigmoid
  colectomy using a manual assist laparoscopic cannula, Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Bournemouth, England, 1997
• Memon, MA*, Kennedy, DR*, Zeig, DA, Fitzgibbons Jr, RJ
  Gallbladder Cancer: Twenty year experience of a single
  institution, Midwest Student Research Forum, 1997
• Ryberg AA, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Ulualp K, Burr L, Doris P
  Abnormal cholangiograms during laparoscopic
  cholecystectomy: Is treatment always necessary?
   , Surg Endosc, 10(2), 258, 1996
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Tseng A, Wang H, Ryberg AA, Nguyen N,
  Sims KL Acute cholecystitis: Does the clinical diagnosis
  correlate with the pathological diagnosis?
  
  
   , Surg Endosc, 10(2), 190, 1996
• Ryberg AA, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Ulualp K, Burr L Abnormal
  cholangiograms during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Is
  treatment always necessary?, Am J Gastroenterol, 90(9), 1612, 1995
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Biliary Dyskinesia. Invited response, Correspondence Society of Surgeons, 18(2), 3-4, 1995
• Quinn TH, Annibali R*, Dalley AF, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ
  Dissection of the anterior abdominal wall and the deep
  inguinal region from a laparoscopic perspective, Clinical Anatomy, 8(2), 159, 1995
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Invited response, Letters to the Editor:
  Laparoscopic inguinal hernia: Results of a multi-center
  trial
   , Ann Surg, 222(2), 213-214, 1995
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Invited response. Laparoscopic common
  bile duct injury: Malpractice or accident?, General Surgery and Laparoscopy News, 10, 1994
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Invited response to letter, Ann Surg, 1994
• Annibali R*, Quinn T., Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Anatomy of the
  inguinal region and deep anterior abdominal wall from
  the laparoscopic surgeon's perspective, 1993
• Annibali R*, Quinn T., Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Nerve injury in the
  course of laparoscopic hernia repair: Introducing the
  "Triangle of Pain", 1993
• Annibali R*, Quinn TH, Fitzgibbons RJ Nerve injury in the
  course of laparoscopic hernia repair, Clinical Anatomy, 6, 370-371, 1993
• Annibali R*, Quinn T., Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Anatomy of the
  inguinal region and deep anterior abdominal wall from
  the laparoscopic surgeon's perspective: Critical areas for
  laparoscopic hernia repair, 1993
• Annibali R*, Quinn TH, Fitzgibbons RJ Anatomy of the
  inguinal region and deep anterior abdominal wall from
  the laparoscopic surgeon's perspectiver
   , Clinical Anatomy, 6, 370, 1993
• Salerno GM*, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Filipi CJ, Bohart A, et al
  Laparoscopic indirect inguinal hernia repair in the pig
  model
   , 1992
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Difficult
  Cases and Creative Solutions, 1992
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Hospital charges for open & laparoscopic
  cholecystectomy Invited response, JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 266(24), 3425-6, 1991
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Invited
  response to letter, JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 266(2), 269, 1991
• Broughton II G*, Novak G, Tseng A, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ,
  Rongone EL The Utility of Infused Chenodeoxycholate
  Acid for the Prevention of Total Parental Nutritionassociated
  Cholestases
   , Clin Res, 38(30), 903A, 1990
• Moertel CG, Loprinzi CL, Witzig TE, Wieand HS,
  Gonchoroff NJ, Reiman HM, Galandiuk S, Fitzgibbons Jr
  RJ, Barlow JF, Donohue JH The Dilemma of Stage B-2
  Colon Cancer. Is Adjuvant Therapy Justified?
   , Proc Am Soc Clin Onc, 1990
• O'Connell M, Mailliard J, Martin J, Nagorney D,
  Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, et al A controlled trial of regional intraarterial
  FUDR versus systemic 5-FU for the treatment of
  metastatic colorectal cancer confined to the liver
   , Proc Am Soc Clin Onc, 8, 98, 1989
• Loprinzi CL, Hass AC, Schray MF, Reuter NF, Fitzgibbons Jr
  RJ, et al Response of local-regionally advanced breast
  cancer (LRABC) to initial combination chemotherapy
  
   , Proc Am Soc Clin Onc, 8, 42, 1989
• 
  Lanspa SJ, Lynch HT, Smyrk T, Marcus J, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ,
  Kriegler M, Lynch J,     Watson P, Appelman H Multiple
  proximal adenomas with atypical features in     hereditary
  colon cancer: A new syndrome?, Gastroenterology, 94(5), A250, 1989
• Broughton II G*, Fishkin AF, Tseng A, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ,
  Ronge EL The Efficacy of Infused Chenodeoxycholate for
  the Prevention of Cholesterol Gallstone Formation in the
  Prairie Dog, Clin Res, 37(4), 1989
• Broughton II G*, Rongone EL, Fishkin AF, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ,
  Tseng A The Efficacy of Gallstones Dissolution by Infused
  Chenodeoxycholate in the Prairie Dog, FASEB, 2, 1644, 1988
• Stanislav GV*, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Bailey Jr RT, Mailliard JA,
  Johnson PS Longevity and complications of central
  venous access devices in cancer patients, Drug Intelligence and Clinical Pharmacy, 21, 17A, 1987
• Everson LK, Ingle JN, Wieand HS, Martin JK, Votava RG,
  Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, et al Randomized trial of adjuvant
  therapy with cyclophosphamide (C), 5-Fluorouracil (F),
  prednisone (P) with or without tamoxifen (T) following
  mastectomy in premenopausal women with node
  positive breast cancer.
   , Proc Am Soc Clin Onc, 1986
• Mailliard J, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Johnson PS, Albano WA
  Hepatic artery infusion chemotherapy (HAI): Patient
  selection, determination of response, and complications
   , Proc Am Soc Clin Onc, 4, 1985
• Dworzack DL, Bartelt MA, Bailey Jr RT, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ,
  Reich JW, Picetti III GD Origins of Aztreonam Resistance, Clinical Pharmacy Letter, 4, 23, 1985
• Dworzack DL, Bartelt MA, Bailey Jr RT, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ,
  Reich JW, Picetti III GD Emergence of resistance to
  Aztreonam, Clinical Pharmacy Letter, 3, 467-470, 1984
• Combined Laparoscopic parastomal and ventral hernia repair using expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (e-PTFE). Videotape, American College of Surgeons Annual Clinical Congress October 2001.
• Lynch H, Salerno G*, Watson P, Conway T, Lynch J, Botti
  C, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Egelston T "Age of Onset and Survival
  Characteristics of Hereditary Breast Cancer", Proc Am Soc Clin Onc
• S.J. Lanspa, H.T. Lynch, R.J. Fitzgibbons, Jr. Preventive
  management of HNPCC vs. Prophylactic Surgery
   
• Fitzgibbons RJ Jr Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy for Patients
  with Recurrent Inguinal Hernias Following Endoscopic
  Inguinal Hernia Repairs, Secla Endosurgery

Editing and Reviews

• Miserez M, Fitzgibbons RJ Jr, Montgomery A, Novitsky Y. Farewell from the Hernia Editorial Team. Hernia. doi: 10.1007/s10029-018-1810-4. Epub 2018 Oct 10., Hernia, 22(6), 897-898, 2018
• DeBord J, Novitsky Y, Fitzgibbons R, Miserez M, Montgomery A.  SSI, SSO, SSE, SSOPI: the elusive language of complications in hernia surgery. Hernia. doi: 10.1007/s10029-018-1813-1. Epub 2018 Sep 10., Hernia, 22(5), 737-738, 2018
• Guest Editor, Hernia section - Selected Readings in General Surgery                                                                                                        
   , Hernia, 43(4), 2017
• Miserez M, Fitzgibbons RJ Jr, Schumpelick V. Hernia
  surgery and contamination: biological mesh and nothing
  else?, Hernia, 17(1), 1, 2013
• Miserez M, Fitzgibbons RJ Jr, Schumpelick V. Metaanalyses
  of lightweight versus conventional
  (heavyweight) mesh in inguinal hernia surgery, Hernia, 16(5), 503, 2012
• Schumperlick V, Fitzgibbons RJ Hernia Repair Sequelae, 2010
• Schumperlick V, Fitzgibbons RJ Recurrent Hernia
  Prevention and Treatment, 2007
• 
  Fitzgibbons Jr., RJ New Editor-in-Chief., Hernia, 10(5), 373-5, 2006
• Fitzgibbons R Can we be sure polypropylene mesh causes
  infertility?, Ann Surg, 241(4), 559-61, 2005
• Fitzgibbons R Whose Frog is Being Leaped? The Perils of
  Speciality Centers
   , Contemporary Surgery, 60(10), 454-456, 2004
• Fitzgibbons Robert J Guest Editor Non Groin Abdominal
  Wall Hernias, In Van Heerden JA, Farley DR (eds): Operative Techniques in General Surgery,, 2004
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Greenburg AG(Eds) Nyhus and Condon's Hernia (5th Edition) , 2001
• Fitzgibbons RJ Jr. Adding laparoscopy to experimental
  adhesion study protocols, J Am Coll Surg, 190(3), 336-8, 2000
• Fitzgibbons Jr., RJ When Should Prosthetic Materials be
  Used for Primary Inguinal Herniorrhaphy?, Hernia, 2, Supplement 1, S2, 1998
• Arreguia M, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ, Katkhouda N, McKernan JB,
  Reich H (eds.) Principles of Laparoscopic Surgery: Basic
  and Advanced Techniques, 1994
• Lynch HT and Fitzgibbons Jr RJ (eds.)   Hereditary Cancer, Surgical Clinics of North America, 3:3, 1994
• Lynch HT and Fitzgibbons Jr RJ (guest eds.), Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America, 1994
• Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Acute
  Cholecystitis
   , Am J Gastroenterol, 88(3), 330-332, 1993
• Welch NT*, Hinder RA, Fitzgibbons Jr RJ Laparoscopic
  incidental appendectomy
   , Surg Laparosc Endosc, 1(2), 116-8, 1991

Presentations

• Decreased Collagen I to Collagen III Ratio Results in Extracellular Matrix Disorganization Predisposing Patients to Incisional Hernias:  What is the Molecular Basis?  Larsen, N., Reilly, M., Agrawal, S., Fitzgibbons, R. , 2020
• Improving post-operative outcomes for abdominal wall reconstruction through an enhanced recovery protocol, 2019
• Watchful waiting in inguinal hernia 41st Annual Congress of the European Hernia Society,
  Hamburg, Germany
   , 2019
• 
  Molecular Mechanisms for the development of incisional hernias.  41st Annual Congress of the European Hernia Society, Hamburg, Germany
  
   , 2019
• 
  Molecular Mechanisms for the development of incisional hernias.  41st Annual Congress of the European Hernia Society, Hamburg, Germany
   , 2019
• 
  First MILOS series in the USA.  41st Annual Congress of the European Hernia Society, Hamburg, Germany
   , 2019
• 
  R-MILOS – how I do it.  41st Annual Congress of the European Hernia Society, Hamburg, Germany
   , 2019
• Potential Role of Inflamed Adipose Tissue in the Pathogenesis of Incisional Hernia, 2019
• Mini- or less open sublay (MILOS) repair for incisional hernias: The Creighton experience
   , 2019
• High Mobility Group Box-1: Potentially A Key Mediator in the Development of Incisional Hernias, 2019
• Treatment of Large Ventral/Incisional Hernias with Possible Loss of Domain    St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix ,AZ, 2019
• Inguinal Hernioplasty: Infection Treatment. 89th Argentine Congress of Surgery. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2018
• Department of Surgery Grand Rounds Complications of Inguinal Herniorrhaphy, 2018
• Poster Presentation:  Improving Post-Operative Outcomes for Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Through an Enhanced Recovery Protocol , 2018
• Poster Presentation:  Mini- or less open sublay (MILOS) repair for incisional hernias: The Creighton experience. , 2018
• Poster Presentation:  Outcomes of weight loss intervention in morbidly obese patients undergoing complex incisional hernias with loss of domain.  American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). Nashville,TN, 2018
• Laparoscopic Inguinal and Ventral Hernia Repair. American College of Surgeons 2018. Hands-On Lab Skills Instructor. Boston, MA, 2018
• Poster Presentation:  Complex Incisional Hernias in Morbidly Obese Patients: Hernia Repair Outcomes with Weight Loss Surgery. American College of Surgeons 2018. Boston, MA., 2018
• Infection: The Achilles Heel of Abdominal Wall  Reconstruction. 2018 AHS/EHS International Hernia Congress.  Wantz -Nyhus Keynote Lecturer: Infection: The Achilles Heel of Abdominal Wall Reconstruction.  Miami, Fl, 2018
• Guidelines and RCTs: What Have We Learned and What is Needed? 2018 AHS/EHS International Hernia Congress. Session Organizer and Moderator, Miami, Fl, 2018
• Hernia Repair for the Underserved, Universidad Nacional de Asunción ,Facultad de - Asunción,Paraguay, 2017
• Which Prosthesis to Place Where and When for                                          Abdominal Wall Reconstruction - Surgery Grand Rounds, Omaha, NE 
   , 2017
• General Surgery Grand Rounds Which Prosthesis to Place, Where and When for Abdominal Wall Reconstruction (AWR)
   
   , 2017
• Laparoscopic Inguinal and Ventral Hernia Repair, 
  American College of Surgeons - San Diego, CA  , 2017
• Diagnosis & Surgical Repair of Abdominal & Inguinal Hernia with Mesh.
  OB-GYN Chairman's Grand Rounds, Omaha, NE  , 2017
• I was a Visiting Professor for the Department of Surgery Louisiana State School of Medicine,  Rives Cohn Surgical Society.  Two Lectures  1)  Treatment of Large Ventral/Incisional Hernia with Possible Loss of Domain.  2)  Functional Biliary Tract Disease:  Chronic Acalculous Cholecystitis and the Spincter of Oddi.  , 2017
• 18th Annual American Hernia Society Annual Congress in Cancun, Mexico.  Two Invited Talks:  1) The Americaas Hernia Society's 20th Anniversary.  Then and Now.  2)  Rationing Inguinal Hernia Repair.  Managing the Wait List.  , 2017
• Presented at the 17th Annual American Hernia Society Annual Congress - Presidential Debates: Publishing Data: Update from the Journal Hernia, 2016
• Presented at the 17th Annual American Hernia Society Annual Congress - Presidential Debates: Inguinal Hernia Watchful Waiting, 2016
• 86th Argentine Congress of Surgery Buenos Aires lectures: Complications Related to the Placement of Prosthesis in the Hiatus., 2015
• Why The Laparoscopic Hernia Repair Fails?, 2015
• Infection: The Reconstruction of the Abdominal Wall's Achilles Heel, 2015
• Iowa Chapter of the Wound Ostomy Society - Des Moines, Iowa, 2015
• Treatment of Choledocholithiasis in the Era of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. 43rd Annual Phoenix Surgical Symposium. Scottsdale Resort and Conference Center., 2015
• Complications Related to Prosthetic Placement at the Esophageal Hiatus. 43rd Annual Phoenix Surgical Symposium., 2015
• Watchful Waiting for Inguinal Hernias: Current Status. 43rd Annual Phoenix Surgical Symposium. Scottsdale Resort and Conference Center., 2015
• Complications of Inguinal Herniorrhaphy: From Post Inguinal Heriorrhaphy Groin Pain to Infertility. 43rd Annual Phoenix Surgical Symposium. Scottsdale Resort and Conference Center., 2015
• Infection: The Achilles Heel of Abdominal Wall Reconstruction. 43rd Annual Phoenix Surgical Symposium. Scottsdale Resort and Conference Center., 2015
• Treatment of Giant Ventral/Incisional Hernias. 43rd Annual Phoenix Surgical Symposium. Scottsdale Resort and Conference Center., 2015
• Post Herniorrhaphy Groin Pain: Assessment. 2nd International Hernia Congress, 2003
• The Asymptomatic Hernia. 2nd International Hernia Congress., 2003
• Groin Herias. SAGES Annual Clinical Congress., 2003
• Should Every Inguinal Hernia be Treated? SAGES Annual Clinical Congress., 2003
• Trans-Abdominal Preperitoneal Laparoscopic Inguinal Henria Repair. Montfiore Medical Center 19th Annual Surgical Symposium., 2002
• Current Concepts in the Treatment of Inguinal Hernias. Staten Island University, 2002
• Current Status of Inguinal Hernia Surgery in the United States. International College of Surgeons, 2002
• Conventional ventral hernia repair: Is there consensus? ACS, SAGES & SSAT Symposium., 2002
• American College of Surgeons: General Surgery Video Session. Invited Panelist, 2002
• Current Options in Minimally Invasive Hernia Surgery. American College of Surgeons., 2002
• Wait and See, Why Operate?, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2002
• Complications and Reoperations after Inguinal Herniiorrrhaphy, Tucson, AZ, 2002
• Video: Combined Laparoscopic Parastomal and Ventral Hernia Repair Using Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene (e-PTFE), San Diego,CA, 2002
• Industry Education Night: Comple Ventral Hernias (GORE), New York, NY, 2002
• Should We Treat Every Inguinal Hernia?, Brooklyn, NY, 2002
• Appropriateness Conference: Laparosocpic Inguinal Hernia Repair, New York, NY, 2002
• Laparoscopic Repair of Recurrent Hernias, Brooklyn, NY, 2002
• Current Status of Inguinal Hernia Surgery in the United States, San Diego, CA, 2002
• Incisional Hernias, San Diego, CA, 2002
• Current Status of Common Bile Duct Exploration in the U.S.A., San Diego, CA, 2002
• Should Laparosocpic Appendectomy be performed?, Phoenix,AZ, 2002
• The Future of Minimally Invasive Surgery: Is Robotics for Real?, Phoenix,AZ, 2002
• Current Status of Inguinal Hernia Surgery in the United States, Phoenix,AZ, 2002
• Treatment of Choledocholithiasis in the Era of Laparosocpic Cholecystectomy, Phoenix,AZ, 2002
• Hereditary Colorectal Cancer, Phoenix,AZ, 2002
• Laparoscopy for Ventral and Parastomal Hernias, Phoenix,AZ, 2002
• Should Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy be done?, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, 2001
• The Case for Watchful Waiting for the Management of Asymptomatic Inguinal Hernias, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, 2001
• Laparoscopic Appendectomy, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, 2001
• Inguinal Hernia and Laparoscopy, Why,How and When? New Orleans, 2001
• Laparosocpic Hernia repair: Status report, New Orleans, 2001
• Combined Laparoscopic Parastomal and Ventral Hernia Repair Using Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene (e-PTFE), New Orleans, 2001
• Esophagogastric disease, New Orleans, 2001
• Esophagogastric Disease, 2001
• Current Status of Inguinal Hernia Surgery, Buenos Aires, 2001
• Laparosocpic Parastomal Hernia, Buenos Aires, 2001
• Hereditary Polyposis Syndromes, Buenos Aires, 2001
• Laparoscopic or Open Surgery for Appendectomy?, 2001
• Conventional Herniorrhaphy, Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy or Maybe No Treatment at All, 2001
• Dealing with Problems in Laparoscopic Inguinal Herniorrhaphy, 2001
• The Mini-Invasive Surgical Treatment of the Short Esophagus During Antireflux Surgery, 2001
• Introduction to Ventral Hernia, 2001
• Laparoscopic Cholangiography, CBD Exploration, Stents, 2001
• Complications of Hernia Surgery, 2001
• Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy & Common Bile Duct Management: The 21st Century: Complications, 2001
• Why Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphies Fail, 2001
• Current Status of Inguinal Hernia Surgery in the United States, 2001
• Appendectomy: Laparoscopic versus Open Technique, 2001
• The Future of Minimally Invasive Surgery, 2001
• The Laparoscopic Surgeon and the Common Bile Duct, 2001
• Laparoscopy for Colorectal Disease, 2000
• Watchful Waiting in the Management of Inguinal Hernia, 2000
• Why laparoscopic herniorrhaphies fail, 2000
• Selected Problems in Minimally Invasive Surgery, 2000
• Management of the Common Bile Duct, 2000
• Abdominal Wall Hernia Panel: Laparoscopic TAPP/TEP, 2000
• Management of an inguinal hernia: Conventional ? Tension-Free? Laparoscopic?; Or Maybe No treatment At All, 2000
• Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy, 2000
• Laparoscopic versus conventional herniorrhaphy, 2000
• Inguinal Hernia Repair: The Case for No Treatment, 2000

Grant Funding Received

• Molecular Mechanisms for the Development of Incisional Hernias Submitted Jan 2018 NE LB506 Cancer and Smoking Disease Research Fund.
• Grants Submitted Nebraska LB506-2019 Association of individual risk factors in the incidence of incisional hernias
• Current Basic Science Research: Molecular Mechanisms for the Development of Incisional Hernias

• Asociacion Argentina De Cirugia; Miembro Honorario Extranjero; Buenos Aires, 2015
• Professor Honorario Consulto - Republica Argentina - Universidad Maimonides, 2015