Dr. Charles Breaux
Pediatric Surgery
Grand Junction, CO
41 years experience male
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Grand Junction, CO
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The Pediatric Specialty Clinic at St. Mary's Hospital, 2643 Patterson Road, Suite 603, Grand Junction, CO, US
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Undergrad at Harvard. Med school at U. of Alabama. General surgery, surgical critical care, and pediatric surgery residencies at U. of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Currently practicing pediatric surgery at St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado.
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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.
Pediatric Surgery
Critical Care
Surgery
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Pediatric Surgery 41 years experience
Hydration + surgery: If you are talking about a young infant with hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, the first part of treatment is IV hydration to correct any dehydration pre... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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General or pediatric: Surgeons. An adult with an inguinal hernia is usually repaired by a general surgeon. Infants, toddlers, & children can undergo inguinal hernia repair... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Usually not: Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS) in a young baby is treated with an operation called a pyloromyotomy. The hypertrophic circular pyloric muscle fibe... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Hole in diaphragm: Most commonly, a diaphragmatic hernia occurs as a congenital anomaly in a baby. A diaphragmatic hernia can also occur as a result of trauma, either pe... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Probably: 2nd-degree burns will heal on their own in 1-3 weeks, given good wound care & good nutrition. They are initially red, painful, and possibly covered wi... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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The early ...: symptoms of appendicitis are abdominal pain that starts diffusely or around the bellybutton ; then localizes to the right lower quadrant (RLQ) of the ... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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It depends: The amount of calories you burn walking depends on how much you weigh & how long & how fast you walk. You can find calculators for such activities on ... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Electrolyte changes: In a baby with hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, the lab abnormalities are a result of vomiting up hydrochloric acid and malnutrition. The chloride level... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Probably not: Hydroceles in young babies often do not communicate with the abdominal cavity, & they usually resolve in the first few months of life. Hydroceles foun... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Yes: The organs that have laterality to them (e.g., liver, spleen, stomach, position of intestines, appendix) would be reversed/flipped in position. The ut... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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It depends: On how much you weigh. There are calculators available on the internet to help you figure out how many calories you burn with different activities bas... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Your chances are ...: Good. Surgeons frequently see splenic injuries (ruptures) from blunt abdominal trauma. Patients who are hemodyamically stable and not actively bleedin... Read More
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A 36-year-old male asked:
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Make: Make sure your kid always wears a helmet when biking to prevent serious head injury.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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A minor burn ...: Would be a 1st-degree burn, such as a sunburn, or a 2nd-degree burn. Both are partial-thickness burns that will heal on their own, given good wound ca... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Possibly: In the case of congenital diaphragmatic hernia, there is usually some degree of pulmonary hypoplasia (lung underdevelopment) which can lead to chronic... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Probably cycling: There are calculators available on the internet to help you figure out how many calories you burn with different activities based on your weight, such... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Speaking as a surgeon, we usually only operate when there is a problem. If you never have a problem with your tonsils or appendix, you can keep them. ... Read More
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A 46-year-old female asked:
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Yes: It's important to keep your 2nd-degree burn wounds clean so that they can heal well. Showering is good, allowing the water to run over the wounds. Aft... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Bellybutton open ...: Into the bowel. In early fetal life, there is a connection between the umbilicus and the distal ileum. It is supposed to obliterate before a baby is b... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Second-degree burns: ... Will heal on their own, given good wound care and good nutrition. Burns on the face should be gooped up with antibiotic ointment several times a d... Read More
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Need lubrication: The friction burns, or abrasions, come from rubbing of the shaft of your penis against the vaginal wall of your partner. Be sure there is sufficent lu... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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You can get very ...: Sick or die. If we diagnose and treat appendicitis early, before perforation, it is a quick operation and short hospitalization. If the appendix is al... Read More
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A 36-year-old male asked:
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A: A swallowed coin stuck in esophagus must be removed but if in stomach, it will usually pass on through.
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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No: No, no, no. The situation where an appendix ruptures is when it is infected (appendicitis) and not removed early enough in the disease course. It has ... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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You describe a 2nd-: ...Degree or partial-thickness burn that will heal on its own, given good wound care. Keep the wound clean and apply antibiotic ointment to it until h... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Pretty quick: A low imperforate anus in a newborn baby is repaired with a primary anorectoplasty on the bottom; no initial colostomy is required. The baby should st... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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You describe a 2nd: ... degree or partial-thickness burn that will heal on its own, given good wound care. Keep the wound clean and apply antibiotic ointment to it until ... Read More
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Probably not: The admonition against heavy lifting for a time after abdominal surgery is out of concern for the surgical wound(s) in the abdominal wall. Your surgeo... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Neosporin: A mainstay of burn therapy is the application of a topical antimicrobial, such as neosporin, polysporin, bacitracin, silvadene, (silver sulfadiazine) ... Read More
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The skin barrier ...: Is broken with a burn or abrasion injury. The opening provides a portal whereby germs (bacteria) can more easily enter the body, leading to possible i... Read More
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There are ...: Generic risks such as infection, rare as it is a clean operation. If it is a laparoscopic procedure, there is the risk of conversion to open with a la... Read More
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Inflammation ...: Of the appendix. It generally starts with plugging of the appendiceal lumen with inflammation building up behind it. Common symptoms are abdominal pai... Read More
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Antibiotic ointment: For a small 2nd-degree (i.e., partial-thickness) burn, keep it clean with washing and keep it gooped up with antibiotic ointment (e.g., bacitracin, po... Read More
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No: Moving a lot after eating has nothing to do with appendicitis.
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If you indeed ...: Have a foreign body lodged in your esophagus (swallowing tube), you need to be seen urgently for esophagoscopy (scoping the swallowing tube) to remove... Read More
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The best thing...: Is to ask the surgeon who performed the operation. I would let my patients go swimming about 2 weeks postoperatively, assuming normal uncomplicated he... Read More
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Can't: By definition, laparoscopy would have to be minimally-invasive surgery on the abdomen. There is minimally-invasive surgery available for the nose, but... Read More
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Care for wound: Partial-thickness burns heal on their own, given good wound care and good nutrition. Facial burns should be gooped up with antibiotic ointment several... Read More
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Heat injury ...: To the skin and possibly deeper structures. 1st-degree is into the epidermis, or top layer of the skin. 2nd-degree is into the dermis, or bottom layer... Read More
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Maybe no one: A 1st-degree burn is into the top layer of the skin, the epidermis. For example, a sunburn is such a burn. It stings but heals up pretty much no matte... Read More
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Care for wound: Keep the wound clean and apply a topical antibiotic ointment (e.g., polysporin, (bacitracin and polymyxin) bacitracin, neosporin, triple-antibiotic oi... Read More
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It's OK: You want to keep a burn wound clean, and salt water is a way to do that. It's probably best to apply antibiotic ointment to a burn wound until it's he... Read More
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Antireflux operation: Nissen fundoplication is a commonly performed operation to prevent/decrease significant gastroesophageal reflux. The top (fundus) of the stomach is fu... Read More
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If : If the question is about inguinal or groin herniae, they should be repaired soon after diagnosis. Left unrepaired, the incidience of complications, su... Read More
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If worried, see doc: The classic symptoms of appendicitis are abdominal pain localizing to the right lower quadrant (rlq) of the abdomen, some nausea & vomiting, & lack of... Read More
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History+exam+/-U/S: The classic hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (hps) patient is a white baby boy age 2-8 wk presenting with progressive, projectile, nonbilious emesis afte... Read More
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Be more specific: To get a real answer. You need to let us know what your condition is and what you've already been told. That said, many conditions can be treated with... Read More
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A thyroglossal duct: ... Cyst/sinus is a congenital anomaly in which a cyst/sinus tract is present in the middle of the front of the upper neck . It extends from beneath t... Read More
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Not quite accurate: Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (hps) occurs in girl babies, too, but it is 5 times more common in boys than girls. It is also 5 times more common in w... Read More
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No one knows ...: For sure. Given that hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (hps) occurs 5 times more commonly in boys than girls, and 5 times more commonly in whites than bla... Read More
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Apr 12, 2015
Great doctor. Consistently gives thoughtful, insightful and expert advice.
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Superior, concise, informative answers
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Very accurate and timely responses.
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Thanks for your quick reply! My wife spilt a red hot coffee all over her leg (literally boiling water has she doesn't have milk) and it has caused a nasty burn.
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Can't decide if my hemicolectomy surgeon(colon) or general is better for I don't heal well with and CFS 2 out of 3 incisions developed herni
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Thank you. I'll try polysporin. For some reason, neosporin only hurts at nighttime. During the day, it doesn't. Not sure why.
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
University of Alabama School of Medicine, AL
Graduated 1982MD
Residency
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HOSPITAL
Completed 1988
Awards
"One of the Best Doctors in America," 2003 - present, selected by physician survey by Best Doctors, Inc.
Listed in the "Guide to America's Top Surgeons," 2004 - present, selected by the Consumers' Research Council of America
Top Doctor, Second Place, Grand Junction, CO - Winter
2013
Affiliations
St. Mary's Medical Group
American College of Surgeons
American Pediatric Surgical Association
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