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De La Fuente, Sebastian G., MD, FACS
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- Sebastian de la Fuente, MD, FACS, is board certified in general surgery with special certification in advanced surgical oncology. He specializes in surgical interventions for gastrointestinal, liver and bile duct diseases as well as for benign pancreatic disorders, pancreatic cancer, sarcomas and melanomas. One of Central Florida’s most prominent surgical oncologists, Dr. de la Fuente directs the Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Fellowship program and serves as Director of Research for the Surgical Residency program at AdventHealth in Orlando. He is a graduate of the University of Salvador School of Medicine in Buenos Aires, Argentina and of Duke University’s general surgery residency program, where he culminated his tenure as Chief Resident and undertook a research fellowship in gastrointestinal surgery. He capped his medical training with a fellowship in surgical oncology at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in Tampa.
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Research Department
Publications
Most Recent Publications
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2024Systematic review of long-term effectiveness of endoscopic gastrojejunostomy in patients presenting with gastric outlet obstruction from periampullary malignancies. SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00464-024-10943-3 PMID: 38886233
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2023Benefits of EUS-guided gastroenterostomy over surgical gastrojejunostomy in the palliation of malignant gastric outlet obstruction: a large multicenter experience. GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY. 98:348-+.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2023.03.022 PMID: 37004816
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2023Comparison between transpapillary versus transmural endoscopic ultrasound-guided decompression for biliary obstruction: a meta-analysis. HPB. 855-862.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.hpb.2023.03.005 PMID: 37012179
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2022Clinical and Financial Implications of Consulting Physicians in the Management of Surgical Patients. AMERICAN SURGEON. 88:578-586.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0003134820952439 PMID: 33291943
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2020Tumor downsizing following neoadjuvant therapy for borderline-resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY.
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2019Retroperitoneal Well-Differentiated Liposarcoma With Uterine-Type Leiomyomatous Differentiation: A First Case Report With Literature Analysis of Soft Tissue Sarcomas With Dual Lipomatous and Low-Grade Smooth Muscle Differentiation. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SURGICAL PATHOLOGY. 27:798-803.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/1066896919850317 PMID: 31131653
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2019Early experience with the Senhance (R)-laparoscopic/robotic platform in the US. JOURNAL OF ROBOTIC SURGERY. 357-359.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11701-018-0893-3 PMID: 30426353
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2018T1R2 receptor-mediated glucose sensing in the upper intestine potentiates glucose absorption through activation of local regulatory pathways. MOLECULAR METABOLISM. 17:98-111.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2018.08.009 PMID: 30201274
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2018Age as a prognostic indicator for adjuvant therapy in patients who underwent pancreatic resections for cancer. JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC ONCOLOGY. 9:362-366.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2017.12.004 PMID: 29330039
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2014Vagotomy/Drainage Is Superior to Local Oversew in Patients Who Require Emergency Surgery for Bleeding Peptic Ulcers. ANNALS OF SURGERY. 259:1111-1118.Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000386 PMID: 24368635
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2014Beyond cytology: why and when does the oncologist require core tissue?. Gastrointestinal endoscopy clinics of North America. 9-17.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.giec.2013.08.001 PMID: 24215757
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2013Recent Developments in Surgery Minimally Invasive Approaches for Patients Requiring Pancreaticoduodenectomy. JAMA SURGERY. 148:1154-1157.Full Text via DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.366 PMID: 24154790
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2013A comparison between patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumours diagnosed with isolated liver metastases and liver metastases plus sarcomatosis. HPB. 15:655-660.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/hpb.12011 PMID: 23458233
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2013Initial experience from a large referral center with robotic-assisted Ivor Lewis esophagogastrectomy for oncologic purposes. SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES. 27:3339-3347.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00464-013-2915-6 PMID: 23549761
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2013Re-emergence of leishmaniasis in Spain: community outbreak in Madrid, Spain, 2009 to 2012. EUROSURVEILLANCE. 18:5-13.PMID: 23929177
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2013Functional Status Determines Postoperative Outcomes in Elderly Patients Undergoing Hepatic Resections. JOURNAL OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY. 107:865-870.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/jso.23335 PMID: 23585324
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2013Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomies: A Word of Caution. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. 1218-1218.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.02.016 PMID: 23683779
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2013Disparities between young and elderly patients in the first course of treatment for stage II and III rectal cancers.. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY.
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2013Primary Pancreatic Ewing's Sarcoma with Portal Vein Tumor Thrombosis. JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY. 17:1015-1019.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11605-012-2098-9 PMID: 23192427
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2013Disparities Between Young and Elderly Patients in the First Course of Treatment for Stage II and III Rectal Cancer. ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY. S80-S81.
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2012The Impact of Vascular Resection on Early Postoperative Outcomes after Pancreaticoduodenectomy: An Analysis of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database. ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY. 19:4068-4077.Full Text via DOI: 10.1245/s10434-012-2585-y PMID: 22932857
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2012Ex Vivo Evaluation of Preoperatively Treated Rectal Cancer Specimens of Patients Undergoing Radical Resection. ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY. 19:1954-1958.Full Text via DOI: 10.1245/s10434-012-2259-9 PMID: 22350598
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2011Pre- and intraoperative variables affecting early outcomes in elderly patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy. HPB. 13:887-892.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-2574.2011.00390.x PMID: 22081925
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2011Does Protected Research Time During General Surgery Training Contribute to Graduates' Career Choice?. AMERICAN SURGEON. 77:907-910.PMID: 21944357
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2010Incidence of Benign Disease in Patients that Underwent Resection for Presumed Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosed by Endoscopic Ultrasonography (EUS) and Fine-Needle Aspiration (FNA). JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY. 14:1139-1142.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11605-010-1196-9 PMID: 20424928
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2010Defining Criteria for Selective Operative Management of Pancreatic Cystic Lesions: Does Size Really Matter?. JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY. 14:236-243.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11605-009-1078-1 PMID: 19911240
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2009Evaluation of peri-operative chemotherapy using a prognostic nomogram for survival after resection of colorectal liver metastases. HPB. 11:592-599.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-2574.2009.00106.x PMID: 20495712
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2009Spinal abscess presenting as the initial symptom of Crohn's disease. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COLORECTAL DISEASE. 601-602.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00384-008-0599-5 PMID: 18931849
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2009Functional and anatomic correlation of splenic regeneration following embolization. PEDIATRICS INTERNATIONAL. 51:303-305.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2009.02807.x PMID: 19379265
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2009Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation for Rectal Cancer Reduces Lymph Node Harvest in Proctectomy Specimens. JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY. 13:269-274.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11605-008-0717-2 PMID: 18850250
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2007Functional evaluation of the grafted wall with porcine-derived small intestinal submucosa (SIS) to a stomach defect in rats. SURGERY. 142:376-383.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2007.04.019 PMID: 17723890
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2007Reconstruction techniques after proctectomy: what's the best?. Clinics in colon and rectal surgery. 221-30.Full Text via DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-984866 PMID: 20011203
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2007Enrique Finochietto: the legacy of surgery in Argentina.. JOURNAL OF SURGICAL EDUCATION. 120-3.PMID: 17462215
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2007New developments in surgery - Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES). ARCHIVES OF SURGERY. 295-297.PMID: 17372056
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2007A description of the preterm fetal sheep systemic and central responses to maternal general anesthesia. ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA. 104:397-406.Full Text via DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000252459.43933.59 PMID: 17242098
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2006Ingestion of unusual foreign bodies and malrotation: a "perfect storm". PEDIATRIC SURGERY INTERNATIONAL. 22:869-872.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00383-006-1774-9 PMID: 16947024
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2006Attenuation of acid induced oesophagitis in VR-1 deficient mice. GUT. 55:34-40.Full Text via DOI: 10.1136/gut.2005.066795 PMID: 16091555
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2006Comparative analysis of vagotomy and drainage versus vagotomy and resection procedures for bleeding peptic ulcer disease: Results of 907 patients from the Department of Veterans Affairs National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. 202:78-86.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2005.09.001 PMID: 16377500
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2005General anesthesia improves fetal cerebral oxygenation without evidence of subsequent neuronal injury. JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM. 25:1060-1069.Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/sj.jcbfm.9600094 PMID: 15758947
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2004Maternal insufflation during the second trimester equivalent produces hypercapnia, acidosis, and prolonged hypoxia in fetal sheep. ANESTHESIOLOGY. 101:1332-1338.PMID: 15564940
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2004Inhibition of the vanilloid receptor subtype-1 attenuates TNBS-colitis. JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY. 8:842-847.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2004.07.011 PMID: 15531237
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2004Videoendoscopic endotracheal intubation of the rat. LABORATORY ANIMALS. 38:158-161.PMID: 15070455
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2004Clinical application of porcine small intestinal submucosa in the management of infected or potentially contaminated abdominal defects. JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY. 8:109-112.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2003.09.025 PMID: 14746842
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2004Early versus delayed management for acute calculous cholecystitis: When should cholecystectomy be performed?. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY. 156-157.Full Text via DOI: 10.1046/j.1572-0241.2003.04001.x PMID: 14687157
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2004Sporadic gastric carcinoid tumor laparoscopically resected: a case report.. JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons. 85-7.PMID: 14974672
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2003Early postnatal behavior deficits after maternal carbon dioxide pneumoperitoneum during pregnancy - A study in a guinea pig model. SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES. 17:1823-1825.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00464-002-8871-1 PMID: 12802645
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2003Elective stoma construction improves outcomes in medically intractable pressure ulcers. DISEASES OF THE COLON & RECTUM. 46:1525-1530.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-6808-6 PMID: 14605574
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2003A review of laparoscopy for non-obstetric-related surgery during pregnancy.. Current surgery. 164-73.PMID: 14972289
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2003Preoperative immune status determines anal condyloma recurrence after surgical excision. DISEASES OF THE COLON & RECTUM. 46:367-372.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-6557-6 PMID: 12626913
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2003Evaluation of porcine-derived small intestine submucosa as a biodegradable graft for gastrointestinal healing. JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY. 7:96-101.PMID: 12559190
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2002Celecoxib (Celebrex) increases canine lower esophageal sphincter pressure. JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH. 107:154-158.Full Text via DOI: 10.1006/jsre.2002.6507 PMID: 12384079
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2002Roscoe Reid Graham (1890 to 1948): the man of the patch.. Current surgery. 428-9.PMID: 16093183
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1991[Colposuspension in the treatment of stress urinary incontinence: long-term yield].. Revista chilena de obstetricia y ginecologia. 284-90.PMID: 1845189
Background
Full Name
- Sebastian G. De La Fuente, MD
Education
- Duke University School of Medicine Duke University Medical Center
Residency
- Duke University School of Medicine; Duke University Medical Center
Fellowship
- Moffitt Cancer Center H. Lee Moffit Cancer Center & Research Institute - Graduate Education
Board Certification
- American Board of Surgery
Contact
primary email
- Research.Institute@AdventHealth.com