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Christina Bence, MD

Georgetown University School of Medicine

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Biography

Hometown: Gettysburg, PA
Undergraduate: James Madison University
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Links: Twitter

Publications:

The incidence of venous thromboembolism in children following colorectal resection for inflammatory bowel disease: A multi-center study. Christina M Bence, Michael D Traynor Jr, Stephanie F Polites, Derrick Ha, Pete Muenks 4 , Shawn D St Peter, Matthew P Landman, John C Densmore, D Dean Potter Jr. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Nov;55(11):2387-2392. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2020.02.020. Epub 2020 Feb 20. PMID: 32145975
Neonatal and Infant Appendicitis. Christina M Bence, John C Densmore. Review Clin Perinatol. 2020 Mar;47(1):183-196. doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2019.10.004. Epub 2019 Oct 17. PMID: 32000925
A tiered approach to optimize pediatric laparoscopic appendectomy outcomes. Christina M Bence, Ruizhe Wu, Kimberly K Somers, Aniko Szabo, Marjorie J Arca, Casey M Calkins, David M Gourlay, Keith T Oldham, Thomas T Sato, Sabina M Siddiqui, John C Densmore. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Dec;54(12):2539-2545. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2019.08.034. Epub 2019 Aug 30. PMID: 31519359