2024
Isolated and combined breast augmentation in transgender patients: Multi-institutional insights into early outcomes and risk factors
Knoedler S, Knoedler L, Geldner B, Ghanad I, Kim B, Alfertshofer M, Machens H, Broer P, Pomahac B, Kauke-Navarro M, Paik A. Isolated and combined breast augmentation in transgender patients: Multi-institutional insights into early outcomes and risk factors. Journal Of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery 2024, 90: 149-160. PMID: 38367411, DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2024.01.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBreast augmentation surgeryNational Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramBody mass indexGender-affirming surgeryAmerican College of SurgeonsAdverse eventsAmerican Society of Anesthesiology class 1Advanced ageEvaluate 30-day outcomesRisk factorsSurgical Quality Improvement ProgramPositive safety profileSurgical decision-makingNo adverse eventsIncidence of mortalityIdentified risk factorsCombined surgeryQuality Improvement ProgramGenitourinary proceduresGenitourinary surgeryNicotine abuseAugmentation surgeryBreast augmentationComplication ratePostoperative outcomes
2023
Racial disparities in surgical outcomes after mastectomy in 223 000 female breast cancer patients: a retrospective cohort study
Knoedler S, Kauke-Navarro M, Knoedler L, Friedrich S, Matar D, Diatta F, Mookerjee V, Ayyala H, Wu M, Kim B, Machens H, Pomahac B, Orgill D, Broer P, Panayi A. Racial disparities in surgical outcomes after mastectomy in 223 000 female breast cancer patients: a retrospective cohort study. International Journal Of Surgery 2023, 110: 684-699. PMID: 38052017, PMCID: PMC10871660, DOI: 10.1097/js9.0000000000000909.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAmerican Indian/Alaska Native womenBreast cancer patientsAlaska Native womenSurgical complicationsRadical mastectomyPartial mastectomyCancer patientsSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseFemale breast cancer patientsNon-home dischargeRetrospective cohort studyImprovement Program databaseLikelihood of readmissionBreast cancer mortalityBreast cancer surgeryAfrican American patientsAmerican Indians/Alaska NativesBlack/African AmericanNative Hawaiian/Pacific IslanderComplication occurrencePerioperative complicationsPerioperative outcomesAdverse eventsSurgical management of breast fat necrosis: Multi-institutional data analysis of early outcomes and risk factors for complications
Knoedler S, Knoedler L, Patel H, Diatta F, Camacho J, Sofo G, Perozzo F, Evans B, Mookerjee V, Ayyala H, Pomahac B, Kauke-Navarro M. Surgical management of breast fat necrosis: Multi-institutional data analysis of early outcomes and risk factors for complications. Journal Of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery 2023, 88: 292-295. PMID: 38029475, DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2023.11.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast fat necrosisChronic heart failureRisk factorsAdverse eventsHeart failureFemale patientsSurgical managementFat necrosisNational Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramSurgical Quality Improvement ProgramHigher wound classPostoperative adverse eventsNon-cancerous conditionsOutcomes of interestQuality Improvement ProgramMajority of casesPerioperative algorithmWound classComplication occurrenceComplication ratePostoperative outcomesSurgical complicationsMedical complicationsSurgical treatmentMultivariable analysis