2024
Trends in Revision Facial Feminization Surgery.
Ihnat J, Hu K, Wood S, Sutherland R, Allam O, Parikh N, Alperovich M. Trends in Revision Facial Feminization Surgery. Journal Of Craniofacial Surgery 2024 PMID: 39325077, DOI: 10.1097/scs.0000000000010693.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFacial feminization surgeryGender-affirming surgeryFeminization surgeryFacial feminization surgery proceduresFacial feminization surgery patientsEnhance surgical outcomesHormone therapySurgical outcomesSurgical approachChart reviewLower BMIManual chart reviewPatient factorsSurgerySmoking statusPatientsTGNB patientsGender-affirming proceduresOlder ageBMIDiagnosis of transsexualismAssociated with differencesOutcomesImprove careAgeQuantitative Assessment of Forehead Morphology Following Facial Feminization Surgery
Parikh N, Hu K, Ihnat J, Almeida M, Williams M, Alper D, Allam O, Aral A, Persing J, Alperovich M. Quantitative Assessment of Forehead Morphology Following Facial Feminization Surgery. Transgender Health 2024 DOI: 10.1089/trgh.2024.0019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFacial feminization surgeryFrontonasal angleFACE-QComputerized tomographyFeminization surgeryPreoperative to postoperative changeTime of surgeryIntraclass coefficientFACE-Q modulesGender-affirming surgeryPatient-reported outcome measuresForehead contourPostoperative changesAcademic medical centerForehead morphologySurgeryPatientsQuality of lifeInclusion criteriaCT imagesMedical CenterPatient satisfactionOutcome measuresInter-rater reliabilityForehead
2021
A comparison of perioperative safety for breast augmentation in cis- vs . trans patients
Gabrick KS, Chouiari F, Park KE, Allam O, Mozaffari MA, Persing JA, Alperovich M. A comparison of perioperative safety for breast augmentation in cis- vs . trans patients. Annals Of Translational Medicine 2021, 9: 601-601. PMID: 33987299, PMCID: PMC8105799, DOI: 10.21037/atm-20-3355.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTransgender womenBreast augmentationTop surgeryExact testNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databasePeri-operative complication ratesQuality Improvement Program databaseASA III patientsHigher comorbidity burdenPrimary augmentation mammoplastyActive smoking statusImprovement Program databaseTransgender populationCosmetic breast augmentationPeri-operative safetyGender-affirming surgeryFisher's exact testQuality of lifeComorbidity burdenHormonal therapyComplication ratePerioperative safetyASA IISurgical indicationsSmoking status