2023
Surgical 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
2019
The Economic Impact of Flexor Tendon Lacerations of the Hand in the United States.
Mehrzad R, Mookerjee V, Schmidt S, Jehle C, Kiwanuka E, Liu P. The Economic Impact of Flexor Tendon Lacerations of the Hand in the United States. Annals Of Plastic Surgery 2019, 83: 419-423. PMID: 31524735, DOI: 10.1097/sap.0000000000001950.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFlexor tendon lacerationsTendon lacerationsIndirect costsCommon hand conditionsPrevalence-based costImportant economic burdenTotal direct costsHealth care systemAmerican Medical SystemsSurgical repairPrimary cohortRehabilitation protocolEconomic burdenLacerationEconomic impactIllness modelSecondary cohortInitial operationHand conditionsInjuryCare systemDirect costsPatientsThousands of AmericansCohort