2023
Ultrasonic bone scalpel for long bone resections in limb reconstruction: Device description and case series
Kaszuba S, Amick M, Colen D, Frumberg D. Ultrasonic bone scalpel for long bone resections in limb reconstruction: Device description and case series. Orthoplastic Surgery 2023, 14: 23-28. DOI: 10.1016/j.orthop.2023.08.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUltrasonic bone scalpelCase seriesSite nonunionBone resectionBone scalpelLimb reconstructionDead space infectionsPost-operative coursePin tract infectionTime of resectionLower extremity traumaSpace infectionTract infectionsBlood lossMedian ageNeurovascular injuryRetrospective reviewSurgical durationExtremity traumaResection zoneResection sizeBony resectionSpinal surgeryReconstructive proceduresTibial resection
2021
The Medial Femoral Condyle Flap in the Pediatric Patient.
Colen DL, Kania KE, Othman S, Levin LS, Reece EM, Pederson WC, Innocenti M, Kovach SJ. The Medial Femoral Condyle Flap in the Pediatric Patient. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 2021, 147: 613e-622e. PMID: 33776035, DOI: 10.1097/prs.0000000000007778.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedial femoral condyle flapMedial femoral condyle free flapFree flapPathologic fracturePediatric patientsMulti-institutional retrospective reviewCLINICAL QUESTION/LEVELPediatric patient populationDistal femoral physisSkeletal reconstructionMedial femoral condyleSkeletal defectsImmature patientsLast patientClinical outcomesRetrospective reviewPediatric populationBony unionPatient populationPhyseal arrestFemoral physisLength discrepancyFluoroscopic guidanceOperative techniqueInclusion criteria
2020
Soft-Tissue Reconstruction of Complicated Total Ankle Arthroplasty
Othman S, Colen DL, Azoury SC, Piwnica-Worms W, Fischer JP, Levin LS, Kovach SJ. Soft-Tissue Reconstruction of Complicated Total Ankle Arthroplasty. Foot & Ankle Specialist 2020, 15: 464-471. PMID: 33215522, DOI: 10.1177/1938640020969596.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal ankle arthroplastySoft tissue reconstructionFree tissue transferProsthetic salvageInfected jointsSurgical interventionAnkle arthroplastySkin graftsReconstructive techniquesTissue transferStable soft tissue envelopeReconstructive surgical interventionsSimple skin graftsMajority of patientsEnd-stage arthritisSoft tissue coverageSoft tissue envelopeReconstructive surgery proceduresWound complicationsPatient demographicsSevere complicationsSalvage rateRetrospective reviewPredictive factorsSuccessful salvage
2018
Soft-Tissue Reconstruction of the Complicated Knee Arthroplasty
Colen DL, Carney MJ, Shubinets V, Lanni MA, Liu T, Levin LS, Lee GC, Kovach SJ. Soft-Tissue Reconstruction of the Complicated Knee Arthroplasty. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 2018, 141: 1040-1048. PMID: 29596192, DOI: 10.1097/prs.0000000000004255.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal knee arthroplastySoft tissue reconstructionRisk of amputationKnee arthroplastyKnee fusionProsthesis salvageExact testDefinitive soft tissue reconstructionTotal knee arthroplasty complicationsCLINICAL QUESTION/LEVELRevision total knee arthroplastyPlastic surgeonsPositive joint cultureMedial gastrocnemius flapCommon orthopaedic proceduresSoft tissue compromiseSoft tissue envelopeFisher's exact testKnee salvagePrimary outcomeSalvage rateRetrospective reviewArthroplasty complicationsJoint infectionGastrocnemius flap