Dr. Jon Krook
General Surgery
Minneapolis, MN
26 years experience male
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Minneapolis, MN
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Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
General Surgery
Bariatrics
Critical Care
Trauma Surgery
Languages spoken
English
Doctor Q&A
92 Answers
21 Agrees
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A 24-year-old member asked:
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General Surgery 26 years experience
Thin blood: If your liver is really bad, the factors that help stop bleeding get low. What would be minor trauma can turn into major trauma in those that are coa... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
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Depends: When it could go either way, i describe the surgery to the patient, ask them to realistically assess their own pain tolerence, and let them choose. M... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
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Maybe: Talk to your doctor and see if you can be seen by a colo-rectal surgeon. Some one needs to look up there, and you might as well have an expert do it.
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Depends: Our 5 year data in our practice with the lap band is about 35% loss of excess body weight. Our gastric bypass patients maintain about 65% of their ex... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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A big difference: A trauma doctor is usually a surgeon. In some trauma hospitals the inital trauma resuscitation is run only by the surgeon, some by the ed doctors wit... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
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Not usually : If it is very enlarged yes, most of the time no.
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A 49-year-old member asked:
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Depends: You have a symptomatic inguinal hernia. As long as you can push it back in, it is not an emergency. Symptomatic inguinal hernias should be fixed.
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A 41-year-old female asked:
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Go to your doctor.: Ask to get a ct scan of your abdomen. If there is problems with adhesions (scarring from surgery) it is most likely in the small bowel, not colon. Mo... Read More
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A 18-year-old male asked:
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See a doc: This is not normal. There are not a lot of 18 yo males who have had their gallbladder out. You may want to get a second opinion. Sounds like you ne... Read More
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A 26-year-old male asked:
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Bladders: The urinary bladder holds urine. The gallbladder holds bile.
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A 68-year-old female asked:
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Yes it is a problem: It may mean that all of your bile is being blocked. If you develop a fever, severe abdominal pain or your whites of your eyes become green, go to the... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Depends: Have you had surgery before? Bile reflux is not a common problem unless someone has surgically altered your anatomy. There are some bile salt bindin... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Depends: Really depends on where the pain is. If it is in the upper abdomen could be an ulcer or gallbladder issues. Depends on what kind of foods cause it a... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Pain: Usually when it hurts. Symptomatic hernias are usually repaired. Depending on their size and contents, asymptomatic may be watched.
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Depends: Depends on what complication you are talking about. Infection would have redness, pain and/or drainage. Recurrence would be the hernia coming back. ... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
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You are normal: 20-30% of the population have accessory spleens. They are normal. You are just lucky to have extra organs!
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A 23-year-old member asked:
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It can rupture: It can rupture causing internal bleeding that can only be stopped with either surgery or a radiologic procedure. It can also cause early satiety (get... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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It depends: Usually it is fine, especially more than two days out from surgery. Certain circumstances and locations could have different restrictions. Ask your ... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Diagnostic test: An ultrasound of the abdomen is a diagnostic test using sound waves. It is used to diagnose a number of different conditions. It is the best test to... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Possible: Not from one, but from many. Cts dose you with radiation. The more you have the higher the risk of getting cancer. Most common are immune cancers s... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
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Probably : It's normal to have some pain after inguinal hernia surgery. Coughing is going to "test" the repair. Having pain 5 days out with coughing is still wit... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Depends: It depends on your insurance, copay and a number of other factors. If you do not have insurance and are going to pay the whole fee it can be quite ex... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Chronic Heartburn: Severe gastro-esophageal reflux can lead to adenocarcinoma of the esophagus. If you have severe heartburn, see your doctor so you can be screened for... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
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Redness or drainage: If there is significant redness, drainage or the pain seems to be getting worse, see your surgeon to determine if the sutures are infected.
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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No: Generally if it is big enough, a physician can feel it on physical exam. Ultrasound or a ct scan would also be able to tell how big your spleen is.
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Usually not: Usually bullet wounds are dirty. We usually leave them open to heal by secondary intention (from the inside out.).
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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3 months: It depends on how badly the spleen was damaged. Small cracks will heal in a matter of weeks. Significant damage can lead to other conditions. Usual... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Mesh: It's probably the mesh. It is normal. Should soften up over time. Call your surgeon if the wound is red or draining.
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Call your surgeon: I would call your surgeon right away. It depends on how close you are to your original surgery. If it has only been a few days, these could be signs... Read More
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A 19-year-old male asked:
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Maybe: First line therapy would be acid blocking medications such as h2 blockers or proton pump inhibitors. If those do not work surgery to correct the hern... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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4-8 weeks: Most surgeons would like you to wait at least 4 weeks before starting abdominal wall stressing excersizes. Discuss this with you surgeon.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Possibly: It has a higher chance of saving your life than hurting it. Death rates from motor vehicle crashes have dropped significantly because of airbags and ... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
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Depends: I'm not sure what a regular hernia is. An inguinal hernia is a groin hernia. It is the most common hernia in both sexes. Other common hernias are u... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Infection: It is an infection of the bile ducts. Usually there is an obstruction of the bile ducts. Most commonly this is caused by a gallstone, although there... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Lots of things: Most need an intensive evaluation to diagnose and possibly treat. The severity will determine how fast you need to see a doctor. Some things can be ... Read More
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See a surgeon: You need a further work up. It most likely is infectious gastroenteritis, aka the flu. However, there are a lot of conditions which could have thes... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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UTI: Likely a urinary tract infection. Get an urinalysis done.
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A 27-year-old male asked:
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Healing: If by healing you mean you had surgery, what your are experiencing is normal. You will have some mucus and it is normal. See your surgeon.
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Depends: If you are having pain after eating fatty meals and have a thickened gallbladder wall on ultrasound, it most likely needs surgery. A thickened gallbl... Read More
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A 44-year-old female asked:
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Something else: There are lots of other things that could be causing this. Could be the rest of your GI tract. Most likely it is your colon. I would consider get... Read More
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A 28-year-old member asked:
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Depends: Low blood pressure or hypotension can be a sign of internal bleeding. Get checked out asap.
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Bridging: Commonly patients on Coumadin (warfarin) will be taken off of it before an invasive procedure. Depending on the reason you are anticoagulated you may... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
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Yes: By modifying your diet, training yourself (biofeedback), medications, and sometimes surgery are all methods used to treat incontinence.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Nothing: It is best to eat or drink nothing in the period before anesthesia. Commonly this is nothing to eat or drink after midnight.
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A 28-year-old member asked:
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Yes: In moderation probably not. Alcohol in combination with the pain pills given to you by your surgeon could cause harm. Also alcohol is "empty" calori... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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No: A small lump behind the nipple in young (pre-teen or adolescent) males is normal. It is part of the hormonal changes we all go through as we pass thr... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Yes: You will be at an increased risk of infection by encapsulated bacteria. These are strep pneumonia, hemophilus influenza, and neisseria meningitidis. ... Read More
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A 25-year-old member asked:
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No: When you undergo general anesthesia, you are deep enough that you would not breathe without support. The most important duty of the anesthesia team m... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Both: Really they are the same thing. Alcohol causes liver damage which causes liver disease.
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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How they look: It depends on size, the margin, the color and pattern. If you have a lot of sun exposure and have a fair complexion, you are at risk. Have your pri... Read More
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Jan 8, 2015
Dr. Krook is an outstanding physician and caring surgeon. One of the best!
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Krook is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Krook is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thank you, your answer or tip was very helpful! I don't know how to go about seeing the surgeon but I will see my G.P. thank you.
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My doctor set up an appointment with a gastroenterologist. I did have a colonoscopy 4 years ago. I guess I will see what they say
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Thank you! My Dad is being stubborn, but I've convinced him to talk to his doctor now because Vicodin isn't controlling his pain.
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
University of Minnesota Medical School, MN
Graduated 1997MD
Residency
Michigan State University Grand Rapids
Awards
Top General Surgeon , First Place, Minnesota - Winter
2013
Top General Surgeon , Second Place, Minnesota - Summer
2013
Top General Surgeon, First Place, Minnesota - Spring
2015
Affiliations
American College of Surgeons
american society of metabolic and bariatric surgery
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