2019
Associations between national financial trends and facial plastic surgery procedural volume
Gadkaree S, McCarty J, Weitzman R, Derakhshan A, Mohan S, Bergmark R, Shaye D. Associations between national financial trends and facial plastic surgery procedural volume. The Laryngoscope 2019, 130: 632-636. PMID: 31603542, DOI: 10.1002/lary.28311.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCosmetic TechniquesGross Domestic ProductHumansPlastic Surgery ProceduresRetrospective StudiesSurgery, PlasticUnited StatesConceptsAmerican Society of Plastic SurgeonsSurgery proceduresCosmetic plastic surgery proceduresProcedure ratesRate of rhinoplastyRetrospective cohort studyAnnual procedure ratesCosmetic surgeryPlastic surgery casesPlastic surgery proceduresReconstructive surgery proceduresSurgery casesMultivariate regression modelCohort studyReconstructive surgerySurgeryReconstruction casesFacial plasticKolmogorov–Smirnov “goodness of fit” testPlastic surgeonsProcedure volumeProcedural trendsGross domestic productOtoplastyRhinoplasty
2018
Long-Term Outcomes of Free Gracilis Muscle Transfer for Smile Reanimation in Children
Greene J, Tavares J, Mohan S, Jowett N, Hadlock T. Long-Term Outcomes of Free Gracilis Muscle Transfer for Smile Reanimation in Children. The Journal Of Pediatrics 2018, 202: 279-284.e2. PMID: 30054167, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.06.043.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFree gracilis muscle transferFacial palsyGracilis muscle transferSmile excursionQuality of lifeMuscle transferPostoperative photographySmile reanimationFacial Clinimetric Evaluation (FaCE) surveyPatient-based instrumentLong-term outcomesCohort of childrenFacial nerve centerFacial symmetryPediatric patientsPostoperative qualityLife scoresTerm outcomesRetrospective analysisMassachusetts EyePalsySignificant improvementFacial impairmentPatientsFacial asymmetry