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Louis C. Argenta, M.D.

Louis C. Argenta, M.D.

Professor, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Clinical Specialties

Cleft Lip and Palate, Pediatric Surgery, Vascular Malformations, Cosmetic Surgery, Wound Healing Problems, Craniofacial Surgery

Contact Information

Department: 336-716-4171

Email: largenta@wakehealth.edu

Education & Training

  • M.D., University of Michigan Medical School , 1969
  • B.S., University of Michigan/Ann Arbor , 1965
  • Internship, Surgery, Univ Hosp (U Of Michigan), 1970
  • Residency, Surgery, Univ Hosp (U Of Michigan), 1977
  • Residency, Plastic Surgery, Univ Hosp (U Of Michigan), 1979
  • Fellowship, University of Michigan/Ann Arbor, 1975
  • Fellowship, Foch Hospital Paris-France, 1981

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Surgery, Plastic Surgery

Memberships

  • Am Assn Of Advancement Of Scie
  • North Carolina Medical Society
  • Am Assn Of Plastic & Reconstru
  • Triad Plastic Surgery Society
  • Am Soc Craniofacial Surgery
  • Am Burn Assn
  • Am Cleft Palate Assn
  • Am Coll Of Surgeons
  • Am Soc Of Maxillofacial Surgeo
  • Assn Of Academic Surgery
  • Colombian Soc.Plastic & Recon.
  • European Assn Maxillo-Facial S
  • Frederick A. Coller Surg. Soci
  • Galens Honorary Med. Society
  • Int'L College Of Surgeons

NPI Number

  • 1710962766
Louis C. Argenta, M.D.

Louis C. Argenta, M.D.

Professor, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Contact Information

Academic: 336-716-4416 | Department: 336-716-4171

Email: largenta@wakehealth.edu

Recent Publications

Powers AK, Neal MT, Argenta LC, Wilson JA, DeFranzo AJ, Tatter SB. Vacuum-assisted closure for complex cranial wounds involving the loss of dura mater. J Neurosurg. 2013;118(2):302-308.

Argenta LC, Zheng Z, Bryant A, Tatter SB, Morykwas MJ. A new method for modulating traumatic brain injury with mechanical tissue resuscitation. Neurosurgery. 2012;70(5):1281-1295.

Kelly DA, Plikatitis C, Blalock D, Argenta LC, David LR. AlloDerm revision for failed pharyngoplasty. J Craniofac Surg. 2012;23(3):645-649.

McGee MP, Morykwas M, Shelton J, Argenta L. Collagen unfolding accelerates water influx, determining hydration in the interstitial matrix. Biophys J. 2012;103(10):2157-2166.

Showalter BM, David LR, Argenta LC, Thompson JT. Influence of frontosphenoidal suture synostosis on skull dysmorphology in unicoronal suture synostosis. J Craniofac Surg. 2012;23(6):1709-1712.

Wagner WD, Argenta LC, Morykwas MJ, Levi-Polyachenko N. Production of a biodegradable electrospun biomaterial with tensile strength and elasticity [abstract]. FASEB J. 2012;26(Meeting Abstracts Suppl):905.2.

McGee MP, Morykwas M, Jordan J, Argenta L. Ischemia-reperfusion injury decreases myocardial hydration potential without changing flow resistance in the interstitial matrix [abstract]. Circ Res. 2012;111(4 Suppl):235.

Bharti G, Groves L, David LR, Sanger C, Argenta LC. Aplasia cutis congenita: clinical management of a rare congenital anomaly. J Craniofac Surg. 2011;22(1):159-165.

Fisher DC, Kornrumpf BP, Couture D, Glazier SS, Argenta LC, David LR. Increased incidence of metopic suture abnormalities in children with positional plagiocephaly. J Craniofac Surg. 2011;22(1):89-95.

McGee MP, Morykwas MJ, Argenta LC. The local pathology of interstitial edema: surface tension increases hydration potential in heat-damaged skin. Wound Repair Regen. 2011;19(3):358-367.

Bharti G, Groves L, Sanger C, Argenta LC. Congenital pyriform aperture stenosis. J Craniofac Surg. 2011;22(3):992-994.

Webb LX, Argenta LC, Morykwas MJ, inventors; Wake Forest University Health Sciences, assignee. External fixation assembly and method of use. United States patent US 7,931,651. 2011 Apr 26. 2011;():.

Liu J, Morykwas MJ, Argenta LC, Wagner WD. Development of a biodegradable foam for use in negative pressure wound therapy. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater. 2011;98B(2):316-322.

Sanger C, Wong L, Wood J, David LR, Argenta LC. Giant facial lymphangioma. J Craniofac Surg. 2011;22(4):1271-1274.

Ririe DG, Smith TE, Wood BC, Glazier SS, Couture DE, Argenta LC, David LR. Time-dependent perioperative anesthetic management and outcomes of the first 100 consecutive cases of spring-assisted surgery for sagittal craniosynostosis. Pediatr Anesth. 2011;21(10):1015-1019.

Webb LX, Argenta LC, Morykwas MJ, inventors; Wake Forest University Health Sciences, assignee. Directed tissue growth employing reduced pressure. Sweden patent SE 1,517,660. 2011 Aug 24; (patent also held in German, Netherlands, Italy, United Kingdom, Austria, Spain, Ireland, Switzerland, Monaco, France, Greece, European Patent Office, Canada). 2011;():.

David LR, Plikaitis CM, Couture D, Glazier SS, Argenta LC. Outcome analysis of our first 75 spring-assisted surgeries for scaphocephaly. J Craniofac Surg. 2010;21(1):3-9.

Argenta LC, Morykwas MJ, Mays JJ, Thompson EA, Hammon JW, Jordan JE. Reduction of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury by mechanical tissue resuscitation using sub-atmospheric pressure. J Card Surg. 2010;25(2):247-252.

Marks MW, Argenta LC, DeFranzo AJ. Principles and applications of vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) In: Weinzweig J, ed. Plastic surgery secrets. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Mosby/Elsevier;2010: 38-44.


Wong SL, Schneider AM, Argenta LC, Morykwas MJ. Loxoscelism and negative pressure wound therapy (vacuum-assisted closure): an experimental study. Int Wound J. 2010;7(6):488-492.

DeFranzo AJ, Argenta LC. Vacuum-assisted closure in extremity trauma In: Moran SL, Cooney WP, eds. Soft tissue surgery. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins;2009: 49-60.

David LR, Fisher D, Argenta L. New technique for reconstructing the affected cranium and orbital rim in unicoronal craniosynostosis. J Craniofac Surg. 2009;20(1):194-197.

Thompson JT, David LR, Wood B, Argenta A, Simpson J, Argenta LC. Outcome analysis of helmet therapy for positional plagiocephaly using a three-dimensional surface scanning laser. J Craniofac Surg. 2009;20(2):362-365.

David L, Glazier S, Pyle J, Thompson J, Argenta L. Classification system for sagittal craniosynostosis. J Craniofac Surg. 2009;20(2):279-282.

Zannis J, Angobaldo J, Marks M, DeFranzo A, David L, Molnar J, Argenta L. Comparison of fasciotomy wound closures using traditional dressing changes and the vacuum-assisted closure device. Ann Plast Surg. 2009;62(4):407-409.

McGee MP, Morykwas M, Argenta L. Fluid transport in the extracellular matrix: kinetic changes induced by metabolic inhibitors [abstract]. Biophys J. 2009;96(3 Suppl 1):626a.

McGee MP, Morykwas M, Levi-Polyachenko N, Argenta L. Swelling and pressure-volume relationships in the dermis measured by osmotic-stress technique. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2009;296(6):R1907-1913.

Wagner WD, Liu J, Morykwas M, Argenta L. Biodegradable polymers useful in wound repair requiring negative pressure wound therapy [abstract]. FASEB J. 2009;23(Meeting Abstracts):469.7.

Liu J, Argenta L, Morykwas M, Carroll D, Wagner W. Production of a nanocomposite for tissue repair application requiring viscoelasticity [abstract]. FASEB J. 2009;23(Meeting Abstracts):468.2.

Jordan JE, Morykwas MJ, Mays JJ, Thompson EA, Argenta LC. Mechanical tissue resuscitation (MTR) reduces myocardial reperfusion injury [abstract]. FASEB J. 2009;23(Meeting Abstracts):793.1.

Argenta LC, DeFranzo AJ, Molnar JA, Stoeckel WT. Vacuum assisted devices for difficult wounds of the face and neck In: Horn DB, Hebda PA, Gosain AK, Friedman CD, eds. Essential tissue healing of the face and neck. Shelton (CT): People's Medical Publishing House;2009: 399-408.

Purzycki A, Thompson E, Argenta L, David L. Incidence of otitis media in children with deformational plagiocephaly. J Craniofac Surg. 2009;20(5):1407-1411.

Wong SL, Defranzo AJ, Morykwas MJ, Argenta LC. Loxoscelism and negative pressure wound therapy (vacuum-assisted closure): a clinical case series. Am Surg. 2009;75(11):1128-1131.

DeFranzo AJ, Pitzer K, Molnar JA, Marks MW, Chang MC, Miller PR, Letton RW, Argenta LC. Vacuum-assisted closure for defects of the abdominal wall. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2008;121(3):832-839.

Argenta L, Morykwas M, Zheng Z-l, Wagner W, Tatter S. Controlled negative pressure reduces brain edema and modulates brain metabolites in a brain injury model [abstract]. J Neurotrauma. 2008;25(7):930.

David LR, Sanger C, Fisher D, Argenta LC. Proboscis lateralis: a rare craniofacial anomaly, reconstruction, and long-term evaluation. J Craniofac Surg. 2008;19(4):1107-1113.

Plikaitis C, Sanger C, Glazier S, Argenta L, David LR. Outcome analysis of our first 75 spring assisted surgeries (SAS) for scaphocephaly [abstract]. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2008;122(4 Suppl):33.

McGee MP, Morykwas M, Argenta L. Coagulation responses during tissue injury and repair: water potential as an independent variable across biological scales [abstract]. In: Abstract Booklet of the 18th Annual Growth Factor and Signal Transduction Symposium: Systems Biology: Integrative, Comparative, and Multi-Scale Modeling; 2008 Sept 18-21; Ames (IA). 2008;():27.

Sanger C, Argenta A, Morykwas M, Glazier SS, Argenta LC, David LR. Dynamic spring mediated cranioplasty in an experimental model with resorbable foot plates. J Craniofac Surg. 2007;18(1):54-59.

Powers AD, David LR, DeFranzo AJ, Argenta LC, Tatter SB. Vacuum assisted closure for open brain wounds [abstract]. In: American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting Abstracts; 2007 Apr 14-19; Washington (DC). 2007;():41982.

Argenta L, Morykwas M, inventors; Wake Forest University Health Sciences, assignee. Wound treatment employing reduced pressure. United States patent US 7,198,046. 2007 Apr 3. 2007;():.

Argenta L, Morykwas M, inventors; Wake Forest University Health Sciences, assignee. Wound treatment employing reduced pressure. United States patent US 7,216,651. 2007 May 15. 2007;():.



Argenta LC, David LR, Sanger C, Park C. Advances in hemangioma evaluation and treatment. J Craniofac Surg. 2006;17(4):748-755.

Park CA, David LR, Argenta LC. Breast asymmetry: presentation of a giant fibroadenoma. Breast J. 2006;12(5):451-461.

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Professor, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Clinical Specialties

Cleft Lip and Palate, Pediatric Surgery, Vascular Malformations, Cosmetic Surgery, Wound Healing Problems, Craniofacial Surgery

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