Patrick P. Yeung, MD

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Locations

• Duke Center for Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery

Services

• Gynecology

Department / Division:
Obstetrics and Gynecology / Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery

Address:
Duke Center for Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery
3116 North Duke Street
Durham, NC 27704

Appointment Telephone:
919-684-2471

Office Telephone:
919-660-2370

Fax Telephone:
919-660-2376

• MD, Queen's University Faculty of Health Sciences (Canada), 2000

• Family Medicine, St. John's Mercy Medical Center (Missouri), 2000-2003
• Obstetrics and Gynecology, Georgetown University Medical Center (Washington, DC), 2003-2007

• AAGL/SRS Advanced Gynecologic Endoscopy, University of Louisville (Kentucky), 2007-2008
• Extended Fellowship, Center for Endometriosis Care (Georgia), 2008

Clinical Interests:
Minimally invasive infertility-restoring surgery, laparoscopic laser excision of endometriosis

Research Interests:
Surgical management of endometriosis, fertility-sparing surgery
 Interest in a randomized trial comparing medical treatment versus laparoscopic excisional surgery for pelvic
 pain associated with endometriosis.

Adhesion prevention at laparoscopy: use of barriers, fluids, or surgical techniques
 Interest in a randomized trial comparing Interceed versus Gore-tex in the prevention of ovarian or uterine
 adhesions.  

Standardized protocols in the laparoscopic training of residents
 Interest in prospective studies of dry lab and animal lab protocols in the endoscopic training of residents.

Representative Publications:
Yeung PP Jr, Pasic RP. Intact ectopic pregnancy found at laparoscopic salpingectomy.  J Minim Invasive Gynecol.  2008 Jul-Aug;15(4):393. (2008) Abstract

Yeung P, Shwayder J, Pasic R.  The Laparoscopic Management of Endometriosis: A Systematic Review.  2008. (2008)

Yeung P, Justice T, Pasic R.  Validation Study on the Use of Video in Laparoscopic Training: A Randomized, Controlled Trial.  2008. (2008)

Nezhat C, Cho J, Morozov V, Yeung P Jr. Preoperative periumbilical ultrasound-guided saline infusion (PUGSI) as a tool in predicting obliterating subumbilical adhesions in laparoscopy.  Fertil Steril.  2008 Jun 17. (2008) Abstract

Hilgers TW, Yeung P. Intratubal pressure before and after transcervical catheterization of the fallopian tubes.  Fertil Steril.  1999 Jul;72(1):174-8. (1999) Abstract