2022
Evaluation of Complication Rates of Free Flap Reconstruction in Pediatric Patients
Allam O, Shah R, Cadwell JB, Dinis J, Peck C, Junn A, Gowda A, Alperovich M. Evaluation of Complication Rates of Free Flap Reconstruction in Pediatric Patients. Journal Of Indian Association Of Pediatric Surgeons 2022, 27: 428-434. PMID: 36238337, PMCID: PMC9552629, DOI: 10.4103/jiaps.jiaps_129_21.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFree flap reconstructionComplication rateFlap reconstructionPediatric populationNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseAnastomotic complication rateCurrent Procedural Terminology codesImprovement Program databaseProcedural Terminology codesType of flapRegression analysisMultivariate regression analysisFree flap casesPostoperative complicationsReoperation rateIndependent predictorsPediatric patientsFlap complicationsSurgical outcomesPrimary procedureUpper extremityProgram databaseFlap typeChi-square analysis
2020
Risk 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