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
Impact of Insurance Payer on Type of Breast Reconstruction Performed.
Chouairi F, Mets EJ, Gabrick KS, Dinis J, Avraham T, Alperovich M. Impact of Insurance Payer on Type of Breast Reconstruction Performed. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 2020, 145: 1e-8e. PMID: 31881596, DOI: 10.1097/prs.0000000000006315.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast reconstructionBreast reconstruction modalityAcademic medical centerOdds ratioMedical CenterMuscle-sparing transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flapPerforator flapTissue expander/implant breast reconstructionExpander/implant breast reconstructionMicrovascular autologous breast reconstructionTransverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flapPerforator flap breast reconstructionIncome quartileCLINICAL QUESTION/LEVELReconstruction modalitiesSame academic medical centerRectus abdominis myocutaneous flapAutologous breast reconstructionFlap breast reconstructionImplant breast reconstructionHighest income quartileLowest income quartileInsurance typeMicrovascular reconstructionChi-square analysis