2024
Following carpel tunnel release, what factors affect whether patients return to the same or different hand surgeon for a subsequent procedure?
Halperin S, Dhodapkar M, Pathak N, Joo P, Luo X, Grauer J. Following carpel tunnel release, what factors affect whether patients return to the same or different hand surgeon for a subsequent procedure? PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0312159. PMID: 39436931, PMCID: PMC11495619, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0312159.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Trends in industry-sponsored research in plastic surgery since implementation of the Sunshine Act
Khetpal S, Le NK, Ahmad M, Parikh J, Pathak N, Pourtaheri N, Lopez J, Alperovich M. Trends in industry-sponsored research in plastic surgery since implementation of the Sunshine Act. Journal Of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery 2021, 75: 2019-2026. PMID: 35144903, DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2021.12.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe Open Payments Sunshine Act Database Revisited: A 5-Year Analysis of Industry Payments to Plastic Surgeons
Khetpal S, Mets EJ, Ahmad M, Pathak N, Pourtaheri N, Lopez J, Persing J, Alperovich M. The Open Payments Sunshine Act Database Revisited: A 5-Year Analysis of Industry Payments to Plastic Surgeons. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 2021, 148: 877e-878e. PMID: 34609994, DOI: 10.1097/prs.0000000000008476.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Patients' and Physicians' Knowledge of Radiation Exposure Related to Spine Surgery.
Scott MC, Galivanche AR, Mets EJ, Pathak N, Kahan JB, Burroughs PJ, Varthi AG, Rubin LE, Grauer JN. Patients' and Physicians' Knowledge of Radiation Exposure Related to Spine Surgery. Spine 2020, 45: e1507-e1515. PMID: 32858741, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000003650.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpine surgeryMagnetic resonance imagingRadiation exposureOutpatient settingPhysicians' knowledgeLumbar radiographsO-armCT imagingIntraoperative radiation exposureCross-sectional imagingCross-sectional surveyPhysician estimatesSpine proceduresBACKGROUND DATACare settingsIntraoperative fluoroscopyLumbar imagingPatientsSurgeryResonance imagingIntraoperative CTSurgeonsAwareness/knowledgeIntraoperative imagingRobotic spine surgeryIndustry Payments to Orthopedic Spine Surgeons Reported by the Open Payments Database
Pathak N, Mercier MR, Galivanche AR, Mets EJ, Bovonratwet P, Bagi PS, Varthi AG, Grauer JN. Industry Payments to Orthopedic Spine Surgeons Reported by the Open Payments Database. Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication 2020, 33: e572-e578. PMID: 32324671, DOI: 10.1097/bsd.0000000000000993.Peer-Reviewed Original Research