Dr. Clayton Petro is a general surgeon in Cleveland, OH and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Cleveland Clinic and Cleveland Clinic. He received his medical degree from University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and has been in practice 9 years. He specializes in minimally invasive surgery and is experienced in abdominal hernia and minimally invasive surgical procedures.
Selected publications from PubMed
Defining Clinically Significant Radiographic Recurrence after Paraesophageal Hernia Repair: Post Hoc Analysis of Patient-Reported Outcomes and Reoperation from a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Bennett WC, Ellis RC, Mohamed MO, Conner AS, Tu C, Miller BT, Beffa LR, Krpata DM, Rosen MJ, Prabhu AS, Petro CC
J Am Coll Surg. 2026 Sep 1;243(3):551-562 doi: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000001927.
Preoperative optimization for ventral hernia repair: augmented evidence review.
Moustafa F, Fafaj A, Petro C, Blackman MH, Blake KE
J Gastrointest Surg. 2026 Oct;30(10):102535 doi: 10.1016/j.gassur.2026.102535.
Urinary implications of retropubic dissection during abdominal wall reconstruction: Early results from a clinical quality assurance initiative.
Bennett WC, Lora E, Mohamed MO, Carvalho AC, Tocci NX, Schmidt EM, Edwards J, Mila-Hoff AM, Miles KS, Vasavada S, Petro CC, Prabhu AS
Hernia. 2026 Jul 17;30(1) doi: 10.1007/s10029-026-03771-y.
Favorable one-year outcomes despite residual fascial tension after ventral hernia repair with transversus abdominis release.
Han JJW, Bennett WC, Plaster JM, Ellis RC, Carvalho AC, Lee J, Tastaldi L, Beffa LR, Krpata DM, Prabhu AS, Petro CC, Rosen MJ, Miller BT
Hernia. 2026 Jun 15;30(1) doi: 10.1007/s10029-026-03755-y.
Long-term wound morbidity and hernia recurrence in diabetic patients with HbA1c ≥ 8.5% undergoing open transversus abdominis release: a descriptive longitudinal follow-up of a single-center cohort.
Kanani F, Zoabi N, Miller BT, Beffa LR, Petro CC, Prabhu AS, Rosen MJ, Messer N
Hernia. 2026 Jun 15;30(1) doi: 10.1007/s10029-026-03758-9.
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