2024
A comprehensive review of the educational, clinical and rehabilitative applications of 3D printing technology in hand surgery
Allam O, Kammien A, Baker R, Adamczyk P, Prsic A. A comprehensive review of the educational, clinical and rehabilitative applications of 3D printing technology in hand surgery. Plastic And Aesthetic Research 2024, 11: n/a-n/a. DOI: 10.20517/2347-9264.2024.15.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClinical outcomesHand surgeryLong-term clinical outcomesHigher patient comfortComprehensive preoperative planningImprove surgical accuracyPatient-specific modelsReduced operative timeImprove functional outcomesCost-effective implantSurgical techniqueSurgical accuracyFunctional outcomesOperative timePreoperative planningPatient comfortSurgeryCutting guidesPatient anatomyRadiation exposurePerioperative settingSurgical skillsImprove compliancePatient educationPreliminary data
2023
Wide-Awake Carpal Tunnel Release in the United States: Trends in Volume and Reimbursement by Operative Setting
Kammien A, Kim S, Mookerjee V, Williams M, Prsic A, Grauer J, Colen D. Wide-Awake Carpal Tunnel Release in the United States: Trends in Volume and Reimbursement by Operative Setting. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 2023, 154: 143-149. PMID: 37535704, DOI: 10.1097/prs.0000000000010961.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSurgical site infectionOffice-based surgeryCarpal tunnel releaseNarcotic prescriptionsOffice surgeryPhysician reimbursementOperating roomPercent of surgeriesWide-awake surgeryEmergency department visitsNational administrative databaseFinancial burdenComorbidity burdenPrimary endpointAdverse eventsED visitsDepartment visitsSite infectionLinear regression modelingSimilar incidenceAdministrative databasesOffice patientsSurgerySurgical settingCommercial insuranceWide Awake Trigger Finger Releases Performed in the United States
Mookerjee V, Kammien A, Prsic A, Grauer J, Colen D. Wide Awake Trigger Finger Releases Performed in the United States. Annals Of Plastic Surgery 2023, 91: 220-224. PMID: 37489963, DOI: 10.1097/sap.0000000000003646.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTrigger finger releaseSurgical site infectionNarcotic prescriptionsED visitsOffice procedureFinger releaseOperating roomPostoperative ED visitsEmergency department visitsDay of surgeryElixhauser Comorbidity IndexPhysician reimbursementOutpatient operating roomComorbidity indexPatient characteristicsPostoperative recordsSite infectionDepartment visitsInpatient surgeryHand surgeryExclusion criteriaSurgeryTotal reimbursementVisitsLower ratesSecondary surgeries after replantation
Mujadzic M, Prsic A. Secondary surgeries after replantation. Plastic And Aesthetic Research 2023, 10: null-null. DOI: 10.20517/2347-9264.2022.147.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSecondary surgeryLate postoperative stageImproved overall outcomesCommon procedurePostoperative protocolFunctional recoveryPostoperative stageSkin proceduresReplanted digitsReplantation techniqueOverall outcomeSurgeryLarge-scale studiesClear guidelinesAvailable literatureIndicationsEarly periodTenolysisNerveReplantationTendon
2020
Postoperative Pain-control in Hand Surgery: A Single Institution Review of Opioid Prescription Practices by Orthopaedic Versus Plastic Surgeons
Carney M, Peck C, Prassinos A, Chiu A, Craig M, Allam O, Park K, Prsic A, Thomson J. Postoperative Pain-control in Hand Surgery: A Single Institution Review of Opioid Prescription Practices by Orthopaedic Versus Plastic Surgeons. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open 2020, 8: 97-97. PMCID: PMC7553619, DOI: 10.1097/01.gox.0000720808.46739.21.Peer-Reviewed Original Research