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 careAge
2020
Surgical Outcomes of Mastectomy with Immediate Autologous Reconstruction Followed by Radiation
Heller DR, Zhuo H, Zhang Y, Parikh N, Fusi S, Alperovich M, Lannin DR, Higgins SA, Avraham T, Killelea BK. Surgical Outcomes of Mastectomy with Immediate Autologous Reconstruction Followed by Radiation. Annals Of Surgical Oncology 2020, 28: 2169-2179. PMID: 32974699, DOI: 10.1245/s10434-020-09122-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostmastectomy radiation therapyLarge institutional cohortProbability of complicationsImmediate autologous reconstructionAutologous reconstructionMultivariable analysisInstitutional cohortFlap outcomesRadiation-related complicationsRisk of complicationsChest wall asymmetryMethodsMedical recordsNodal radiationMedian followNeoadjuvant chemotherapyPrimary endpointResultsOne hundredSurgical outcomesFat necrosisFlap complicationsImmediate reconstructionReoperationRadiation therapyComplicationsFat graftingRisk of peri-operative complications in children receiving preoperative steroids
Mets EJ, Chouairi F, Mirza H, Allam O, Park KE, Junn A, Alperovich M. Risk of peri-operative complications in children receiving preoperative steroids. Pediatric Surgery International 2020, 36: 1345-1352. PMID: 32918623, DOI: 10.1007/s00383-020-04742-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdverse eventsPediatric patientsSteroid usePreoperative steroidsNational Surgical Quality Improvement Project Pediatric databaseThirty-day adverse eventsPropensity scorePostoperative adverse eventsPeri-operative complicationsPediatric surgery patientsSimilar larger studiesMore comorbiditiesPerioperative impactHospital stayPerioperative complicationsAdult patientsPatient demographicsSteroid treatmentSurgery patientsSurgical variablesWound dehiscenceSurgical outcomesPediatric databasePatientsLarger study
2019
Chronic steroid use as an independent risk factor for perioperative complications
Chouairi F, Torabi SJ, Mercier MR, Gabrick KS, Alperovich M. Chronic steroid use as an independent risk factor for perioperative complications. Surgery 2019, 165: 990-995. PMID: 30765140, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2018.12.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic steroid useSteroid useSurgical outcomesChronic steroidsPerioperative outcomesNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseLogistic regressionPerioperative surgical outcomesImprovement Program databaseIndependent risk factorRisk of readmissionPoor perioperative outcomesRisk of reoperationPoor surgical outcomesRisk of deathMore comorbiditiesCorticosteroid usePerioperative complicationsPatient demographicsSurgical cohortSurgical complicationsSurgical patientsRisk factorsOdds ratio
2016
Long-Term Surgical and Speech Outcomes Following Palatoplasty in Patients With Treacher–Collins Syndrome
Golinko MS, LeBlanc EM, Hallett AM, Alperovich M, Flores RL. Long-Term Surgical and Speech Outcomes Following Palatoplasty in Patients With Treacher–Collins Syndrome. Journal Of Craniofacial Surgery 2016, 27: 1408-1411. PMID: 27607112, DOI: 10.1097/scs.0000000000002821.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTreacher Collins syndromeVelopharyngeal dysfunctionCleft palateSurgical outcomesSpeech outcomesSpeech pathologistsCleft palate typeChallenging patient populationMajority of patientsCleft palate repairTime of palatoplastyLong-term speechPruzansky classificationVeau IVeau IIVeau IIIFurther surgeryPharyngeal surgeryUnderwent repairRetrospective reviewPatient populationSingle institutionPalate repairHigh incidencePatients