2024
Hospital Transfers for Digit Replants as Cost Saving and Safe While Access to Replantation Procedures Remains Limited
Hauc S, Ihnat J, Hu K, Parikh N, Rivera J, Alperovich M. Hospital Transfers for Digit Replants as Cost Saving and Safe While Access to Replantation Procedures Remains Limited. Annals Of Plastic Surgery 2024, 93: 597-600. PMID: 39293070, DOI: 10.1097/sap.0000000000004099.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHospital transferTraumatic finger amputationsNational Inpatient SampleIncome quartileReplantation outcomesImprove health equityPatient factorsFinger amputationsHealth equityAmputation patientsChronic conditionsHospital characteristicsInjury characteristicsAttempted replantationHispanic patientsFinger replantationReplantation success rateInpatient SampleLogistic regressionWhite patientsTop income quartileAmputationOlder ageHospitalPatient gender
2018
National Longitudinal Comparison of Patients Undergoing Surgical Management of Craniosynostosis
Wu RT, Shultz BN, Gabrick KS, Abraham PF, Cabrejo R, Persing JA, Alperovich M. National Longitudinal Comparison of Patients Undergoing Surgical Management of Craniosynostosis. Journal Of Craniofacial Surgery 2018, 29: 1755-1759. PMID: 30095569, DOI: 10.1097/scs.0000000000004775.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCranial vault remodelingCVR patientsLength of stayPrivate insuranceStrip craniectomyInpatient DatabaseCraniectomy patientsVault remodelingKids' Inpatient DatabaseNonsyndromic craniosynostosis patientsCraniosynostosis managementInsurancePostsurgical complicationsSurgical managementHospital chargesTreatment optionsLongitudinal comparisonHospital characteristicsSerum transfusionMedicaid patientsAccidental punctureSurgical preferenceCraniectomyPatientsMultivariate analysis