
Layton Rikkers
Chief of General Surgery, William S. Middleton VA · University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
Credentials: · · ·
History
- Present
William S. Middleton VA Division · University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
- Present
Research
Subclinical hepatic encephalopathy: detection, prevalence, and relationship to nitrogen metabolism
Gastroenterology · 1978 · First of 4 authors · 282 citations
A randomized, controlled trial of the distal splenorenal shunt
Annals of Surgery · 1978 · First of 10 authors · 230 citations
Hilar cholangiocarcinoma: current management
Review · Annals of Surgery · 2009 · 183 citations

12 papers
- HP
12 papers

12 papers

12 papers
- AW
11 papers
- JC
11 papers
- SS
11 papers

11 papers
Grants
- 2006–2011
Surgery Summer Research Experience for Medical Students
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · T35
Contact PI · $90.6K · University of Wisconsin-Madison
- 1997–2005
General Clinical Research Center
National Center for Research Resources · M01
Project lead · $405.1K · University of Wisconsin-Madison
- 1984–1988
Variceal Hemorrhage: Shunt Operations vs Sclerotherapy
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $612K · University of Nebraska Medical Center
Clinical trials
- 1996–2003
Decompression Intervention of Variceal Rebleeding Trial (DIVERT)
Principal investigator · Completed · Phase 3
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)


