2021
The Incidence and Cumulative Risk of Major Surgery in Older Persons in the United States
Becher RD, Vander Wyk B, Leo-Summers L, Desai MM, Gill TM. The Incidence and Cumulative Risk of Major Surgery in Older Persons in the United States. Annals Of Surgery 2021, 277: 87-92. PMID: 34261884, PMCID: PMC8758792, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000005077.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor surgeryOlder personsCumulative riskNational HealthCommunity-living older personsHigh-quality surgical careNon-frail groupPopulation-based incidenceService Medicare beneficiariesMedicaid Services dataCumulative risk estimatesProspective longitudinal studyUnited States agesAging Trends StudyGeriatric characteristicsRepresentative incidenceFrail groupAdjusted incidenceGeriatric populationProbable dementiaSurgical carePersons 85Medicare beneficiariesSurgeryVulnerable subgroups
2015
Normalization of brain morphology after surgery in sagittal craniosynostosis.
Brooks ED, Yang J, Beckett JS, Lacadie C, Scheinost D, Persing S, Zellner EG, Oosting D, Keifer C, Friedman HE, Wyk BV, Jou RJ, Sun H, Gary C, Duncan CC, Constable RT, Pelphrey KA, Persing JA. Normalization of brain morphology after surgery in sagittal craniosynostosis. Journal Of Neurosurgery Pediatrics 2015, 17: 460-8. PMID: 26684766, PMCID: PMC7182140, DOI: 10.3171/2015.7.peds15221.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain growthNonsyndromic craniosynostosisBrain morphological differencesWhole-brain techniqueYears of ageSignificant learning disabilitiesIQ-matched control subjectsUntreated infantsMean ageAdolescent patientsControl subjectsWhole-vault cranioplastyBrain dysmorphologySurgical reconstructionBrain areasTemporooccipital regionsSmall cohortSurgeryCognitive functionBrain morphologyBrain normalizationSagittal craniosynostosisLiberal thresholdSagittal nonsyndromic craniosynostosisFrontoparietal regions