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
2019
Cleft lip repair: are outcomes between unilateral and bilateral clefts comparable?
Chouairi F, Mets EJ, Torabi SJ, Alperovich M. Cleft lip repair: are outcomes between unilateral and bilateral clefts comparable? Journal Of Plastic Surgery And Hand Surgery 2019, 54: 29-32. PMID: 31524555, DOI: 10.1080/2000656x.2019.1661848.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAsthmaCardiovascular Surgical ProceduresCase-Control StudiesCentral Nervous SystemCleft LipComorbidityDatabases, FactualDevelopmental DisabilitiesFemaleGastrointestinal DiseasesHumansInfantMaleNutritional SupportPatient ReadmissionReoperationRespiration, ArtificialTracheostomyUnited StatesConceptsPeri-operative outcomesCleft lip repairMore comorbiditiesBilateral cleftsCleft lipNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program Pediatric databaseLip repairStructural central nervous system abnormalitiesCentral nervous system abnormalitiesPrimary cleft lip repairUnilateral cleft lip patientsBilateral cleft patientsPrevious cardiac surgeryPost-operative outcomesPrimary cleft lipNervous system abnormalitiesBilateral cleft lipCleft lip patientsCleft populationVentilator dependencePatient demographicsCardiac surgeryNutritional supportPropensity matchingOperative courseImpact of advanced age on microvascular reconstruction of the lower facial third: An American College of Surgeons NSQIP study
Torabi SJ, Chouairi F, Dinis J, Alperovich M. Impact of advanced age on microvascular reconstruction of the lower facial third: An American College of Surgeons NSQIP study. Microsurgery 2019, 39: 487-496. PMID: 30945351, DOI: 10.1002/micr.30455.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMicrovascular reconstructionOperative timeNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program analysisOlder populationStandard of careImpact of ageLocal flap reconstructionLonger LOHSMore comorbiditiesNSQIP StudyHospital stayComplication rateOlder patientsPerioperative safetySubgroup analysisAdvanced ageMicrovascular flapsFlap reconstructionProcedure typeRetrospective natureAblative proceduresComparable outcomesAmerican CollegeElderly populationNeck reconstructionChronic 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