2023
How Does Reduction Mammaplasty Surgical Technique Impact Clinical, Aesthetic, and Patient-Reported Outcomes?
Cunning J, Mookerjee V, Alper D, Rios-Diaz A, Bauder A, Kimia R, Broach R, Barrette L, Fischer J, Butler P. How Does Reduction Mammaplasty Surgical Technique Impact Clinical, Aesthetic, and Patient-Reported Outcomes? Annals Of Plastic Surgery 2023, 91: 28-35. PMID: 37450858, DOI: 10.1097/sap.0000000000003610.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInferior pedicle techniqueQuality of lifePedicle techniqueInferior pedicle reduction mammoplastyBREAST-Q surveysGrade 3 ptosisPatient-reported outcomesShorter procedure timeInferior pedicle reductionReduction mammoplasty techniqueReduction mammaplasty techniquePostoperative complicationsPatient characteristicsSymptomatic macromastiaSingle surgeonWound dehiscenceMammoplasty techniqueSuperomedial pedicleReduction mammoplastyProcedure timePatientsComplicationsLife outcomesMammaplasty techniqueBreast aesthetics
2022
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Surgical Outcomes after Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction.
Sarver MM, Rames JD, Ren Y, Greenup RA, Shammas RL, Hwang ES, Hollenbeck ST, Hyslop T, Butler PD, Fayanju OM. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Surgical Outcomes after Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction. Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2022, 234: 760-771. PMID: 35426388, PMCID: PMC9347225, DOI: 10.1097/xcs.0000000000000143.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayLonger LOSPostmastectomy breast reconstructionPostoperative complicationsWhite womenBreast reconstructionBreast cancerNational Inpatient Sample databasePost-mastectomy reconstructionType of reconstructionRace/ethnicityPerioperative comorbiditiesPreoperative comorbiditiesComorbidity scorePerioperative complicationsPerioperative factorsPatient demographicsPerioperative outcomesSurgical complicationsComorbid conditionsSurgical outcomesPostmastectomy reconstructionMicrosurgical complicationsPrimary careAutologous reconstruction
2014
African-American women have equivalent outcomes following autologous free flap breast reconstruction despite greater preoperative risk factors
Butler PD, Nelson JA, Fischer JP, Chang B, Kanchwala S, Wu LC, Serletti JM. African-American women have equivalent outcomes following autologous free flap breast reconstruction despite greater preoperative risk factors. The American Journal Of Surgery 2014, 209: 589-596. PMID: 25576165, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2014.11.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPreoperative risk factorsAutologous breast reconstructionBreast cancer patientsBreast reconstructionRisk factorsCancer patientsAfrican American breast cancer patientsAutologous free flap breast reconstructionFemale breast cancer patientsFree flap breast reconstructionFlap breast reconstructionAfrican American patientsBreast cancer treatmentAutologous tissue transferAfrican American womenPreoperative comorbiditiesPostoperative complicationsPostoperative morbidityPreoperative characteristicsClinical outcomesSingle institutionCaucasian patientsEquivalent outcomesHealthcare disparitiesPatients