2021
COVID-positive ankle fracture patients are at increased odds of perioperative surgical complications following open reduction internal fixation surgery
Mercier MR, Galivanche AR, Brand JP, Pathak N, Medvecky MJ, Varthi AG, Rubin LE, Grauer JN. COVID-positive ankle fracture patients are at increased odds of perioperative surgical complications following open reduction internal fixation surgery. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0262115. PMID: 34972190, PMCID: PMC8719674, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262115.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-positive patientsAnkle fracture surgeryPerioperative adverse eventsAdverse eventsAnkle fracture patientsFracture surgeryFracture patientsOperative interventionAnkle fracturesPropensity matchingCOVID statusOpen reduction internal fixation surgeryPerioperative adverse outcomesPerioperative surgical complicationsMinor adverse eventsPostoperative adverse eventsSerious adverse eventsChronic kidney diseaseCOVID-19 Research DatabaseLong-term outcomesInternal fixation surgeryBasis of agePropensity-score matchingPostoperative complicationsNegative patientsTrends 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
High, As Well As Low, Preoperative Platelet Counts Correlate With Adverse Outcomes After Elective Posterior Lumbar Surgery.
Malpani R, Gala RJ, Adrados M, Galivanche AR, Clark MG, Mercier MR, Pathak N, Mets EJ, Grauer JN. High, As Well As Low, Preoperative Platelet Counts Correlate With Adverse Outcomes After Elective Posterior Lumbar Surgery. Spine 2020, 45: 349-356. PMID: 32045405, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000003248.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosterior lumbar surgeryPreoperative platelet countLow platelet countPlatelet countLumbar surgeryAdverse outcomesAdverse eventsHospital lengthNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseLow preoperative platelet countPreoperative low platelet countQuality Improvement Program databaseHigh platelet groupLonger hospital lengthLumbar surgery patientsPerioperative adverse outcomesMinor adverse eventsPostoperative adverse eventsImprovement Program databaseRetrospective cohort studyHigher platelet countsLarger patient populationPostoperative complicationsCohort studyPlatelet groupOrthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgeon Industry Compensation Reported by the Open Payments Database
Pathak N, Galivanche AR, Lukasiewicz AM, Mets EJ, Mercier MR, Bovonratwet P, Walls RJ, Grauer JN. Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgeon Industry Compensation Reported by the Open Payments Database. Foot & Ankle Specialist 2020, 14: 126-132. PMID: 32059613, DOI: 10.1177/1938640020903145.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Industry Payments to Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeons Reported by the Open Payments Database: 2014 to 2017
Pathak N, Mets EJ, Mercier MR, Galivanche AR, Bovonratwet P, Smith BG, Grauer JN. Industry Payments to Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeons Reported by the Open Payments Database: 2014 to 2017. Journal Of Pediatric Orthopaedics 2019, 39: 534-540. PMID: 30950942, DOI: 10.1097/bpo.0000000000001375.Peer-Reviewed Original Research