2024
Quantitative Assessment of Forehead Morphology Following Facial Feminization Surgery
Parikh N, Hu K, Ihnat J, Almeida M, Williams M, Alper D, Allam O, Aral A, Persing J, Alperovich M. Quantitative Assessment of Forehead Morphology Following Facial Feminization Surgery. Transgender Health 2024 DOI: 10.1089/trgh.2024.0019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFacial feminization surgeryFrontonasal angleFACE-QComputerized tomographyFeminization surgeryPreoperative to postoperative changeTime of surgeryIntraclass coefficientFACE-Q modulesGender-affirming surgeryPatient-reported outcome measuresForehead contourPostoperative changesAcademic medical centerForehead morphologySurgeryPatientsQuality of lifeInclusion criteriaCT imagesMedical CenterPatient satisfactionOutcome measuresInter-rater reliabilityForehead
2019
Secondary Cleft Rhinoplasty in 1720 Patients: Are National Practices Consistent With Guidelines?
Chouairi F, Torabi SJ, Gabrick KS, Persing JA, Alperovich M. Secondary Cleft Rhinoplasty in 1720 Patients: Are National Practices Consistent With Guidelines? The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal 2019, 57: 438-443. PMID: 31594399, DOI: 10.1177/1055665619879830.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSecondary cleft rhinoplastyCleft rhinoplastyMean ageAdjunct procedureNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program Pediatric databaseSecondary cleft lip rhinoplastyTympanostomy tube placementCleft lip rhinoplastySeptal componentFisher's exact testCleft lip revisionCommon adjunct procedureImmature patientsPatient ageBilateral patientsFemale patientsTube placementRib graftingChi-square analysisInclusion criteriaSurgical proceduresLip revisionMAIN OUTCOMEPatientsAuricular graftNational 30-Day Outcomes for Posterior Cranial Vault Distraction
Chouairi F, Torabi SJ, Alperovich M. National 30-Day Outcomes for Posterior Cranial Vault Distraction. Journal Of Craniofacial Surgery 2019, Publish Ahead of Print: &na;. PMID: 30807468, DOI: 10.1097/scs.0000000000005285.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosterior vault distractionOperative timePediatric databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program Pediatric databaseCalvarial volumeBlood transfusion volumeIncidence of strokeMajority of patientsSurgical site infectionPosterior cranial vault distractionNational pediatric databaseTransfusion requirementsTransfusion volumeOlder patientsPerioperative outcomesBlood transfusionPatient ageSite infectionPatient backgroundSafety profileSafe procedureRisk factorsInclusion criteriaPatient profilesPatients