2023
Associated Risk Factors for Extended Operative Time Following Cranial Vault Remodeling for Craniosynostosis: Analysis of the 2012 to 2021 NSQIP-Pediatric Database
Serrato P, Hengartner A, Sayeed S, Prassinos A, Alperovich M, DiLuna M, Elsamadicy A. Associated Risk Factors for Extended Operative Time Following Cranial Vault Remodeling for Craniosynostosis: Analysis of the 2012 to 2021 NSQIP-Pediatric Database. Journal Of Craniofacial Surgery 2023, 35: 427-431. PMID: 38078913, DOI: 10.1097/scs.0000000000009920.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchExtended operative timeCranial vault remodelingRetrospective cohort studyAdverse eventsCohort studyIndependent predictorsPediatric patientsOperative timeRisk factorsVault remodelingNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program-PediatricHealth care resource utilizationPostoperative surgical site infectionSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program-PediatricMultivariate logistic regression analysisDiseases 9/10 codesNSQIP-Pediatric databasePostoperative adverse eventsHigher American SocietySurgical site infectionAssociated risk factorsSurgical adverse eventsLength of stayLogistic regression analysisNon-Hispanic whites
2020
Risk of peri-operative complications in children receiving preoperative steroids
Mets EJ, Chouairi F, Mirza H, Allam O, Park KE, Junn A, Alperovich M. Risk of peri-operative complications in children receiving preoperative steroids. Pediatric Surgery International 2020, 36: 1345-1352. PMID: 32918623, DOI: 10.1007/s00383-020-04742-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdverse eventsPediatric patientsSteroid usePreoperative steroidsNational Surgical Quality Improvement Project Pediatric databaseThirty-day adverse eventsPropensity scorePostoperative adverse eventsPeri-operative complicationsPediatric surgery patientsSimilar larger studiesMore comorbiditiesPerioperative impactHospital stayPerioperative complicationsAdult patientsPatient demographicsSteroid treatmentSurgery patientsSurgical variablesWound dehiscenceSurgical outcomesPediatric databasePatientsLarger study