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
2020
Patients with psychiatric illness report worse patient‐reported outcomes and receive lower rates of autologous breast reconstruction
Mehta SK, Sheth AH, Olawoyin O, Chouairi F, Gabrick KS, Allam O, Park KE, Avraham T, Alperovich M. Patients with psychiatric illness report worse patient‐reported outcomes and receive lower rates of autologous breast reconstruction. The Breast Journal 2020, 26: 1931-1936. PMID: 32529691, DOI: 10.1111/tbj.13936.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient-reported outcomesPsychiatric diagnosisBreast reconstructionBinary logistic regressionAutologous reconstructionReconstructive modalityWorse patient-reported outcomesLogistic regressionBREAST-Q surveysBREAST-Q scoresAutologous breast reconstructionGeneral linear modelQuality of lifeModalities of reconstructionChi-squared testPsychiatric wellASA classificationIndependent predictorsTertiary hospitalInsurance statusImplant reconstructionRisk populationsPatientsDiagnosisModule scores
2019
Chronic steroid use as an independent risk factor for perioperative complications
Chouairi F, Torabi SJ, Mercier MR, Gabrick KS, Alperovich M. Chronic steroid use as an independent risk factor for perioperative complications. Surgery 2019, 165: 990-995. PMID: 30765140, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2018.12.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic steroid useSteroid useSurgical outcomesChronic steroidsPerioperative outcomesNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseLogistic regressionPerioperative surgical outcomesImprovement Program databaseIndependent risk factorRisk of readmissionPoor perioperative outcomesRisk of reoperationPoor surgical outcomesRisk of deathMore comorbiditiesCorticosteroid usePerioperative complicationsPatient demographicsSurgical cohortSurgical complicationsSurgical patientsRisk factorsOdds ratio