2023
The surgical patient of yesterday, today, and tomorrow—a time-trend analysis based on a cohort of 8.7 million surgical patients
Knoedler S, Matar D, Friedrich S, Knoedler L, Haug V, Hundeshagen G, Kauke-Navarro M, Kneser U, Pomahac B, Orgill D, Panayi A. The surgical patient of yesterday, today, and tomorrow—a time-trend analysis based on a cohort of 8.7 million surgical patients. International Journal Of Surgery 2023, 109: 2631-2640. PMID: 37788019, PMCID: PMC10498871, DOI: 10.1097/js9.0000000000000511.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical patientsMedian ageMedian BMISurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseACS-NSQIP databaseImprovement Program databaseObesity class IProportion of patientsCohort of patientsPrevalence of diabetesType 2 diabetesGlobal healthcare deliveryFuture surgical careField of surgeryTime trend analysisPatient ageSurgical cohortDiabetes prevalenceProgram databaseSurgical careAmerican CollegeGeneral populationPatients
2007
The Role of Free-Tissue Transfer for Head and Neck Burn Reconstruction
Parrett B, Pomahac B, Orgill D, Pribaz J. The Role of Free-Tissue Transfer for Head and Neck Burn Reconstruction. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 2007, 120: 1871-1878. PMID: 18090749, DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000287272.28417.14.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFree flapBurn reconstructionTissue transferMean patient ageMedian hospital stayPercent of flapsMajority of flapsDonor site complicationsFree flap transferFree tissue transferReconstruction of headHospital stayPatient ageMain indicationsMinimal morbidityNeck burnsNecrosis rateAnterolateral thighHypertrophic scarringSecondary reconstructionRadial forearmFlap transferInfection rateLocal flapsCervicofacial burns