2016
Long-Term Surgical and Speech Outcomes Following Palatoplasty in Patients With Treacher–Collins Syndrome
Golinko MS, LeBlanc EM, Hallett AM, Alperovich M, Flores RL. Long-Term Surgical and Speech Outcomes Following Palatoplasty in Patients With Treacher–Collins Syndrome. Journal Of Craniofacial Surgery 2016, 27: 1408-1411. PMID: 27607112, DOI: 10.1097/scs.0000000000002821.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTreacher Collins syndromeVelopharyngeal dysfunctionCleft palateSurgical outcomesSpeech outcomesSpeech pathologistsCleft palate typeChallenging patient populationMajority of patientsCleft palate repairTime of palatoplastyLong-term speechPruzansky classificationVeau IVeau IIVeau IIIFurther surgeryPharyngeal surgeryUnderwent repairRetrospective reviewPatient populationSingle institutionPalate repairHigh incidencePatients
2013
Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy in Patients with a History of Reduction Mammaplasty or Mastopexy
Alperovich M, Tanna N, Samra F, Blechman KM, Shapiro RL, Guth AA, Axelrod DM, Choi M, Karp NS. Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy in Patients with a History of Reduction Mammaplasty or Mastopexy. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 2013, 131: 962-967. PMID: 23629078, DOI: 10.1097/prs.0b013e3182865ad2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNipple-sparing mastectomyAuthors' institutionMean body mass indexCLINICAL QUESTION/LEVELMastectomy flap necrosisSubset of patientsNipple-sparing mastectomiesBody mass indexBreast cancer recurrenceLatissimus dorsi flapPresence of cancerNipple-areola complexMass indexProphylactic indicationsFlap necrosisMean agePatient populationBiopsy resultsMastectomy patientsTherapeutic resectionCancer recurrenceNipple viabilityReconstructive outcomesMastectomyReduction mammaplasty