2021
Panniculectomy Outcomes by Body Mass Index: an Analysis of 12,732 Cases
Cadwell J, Ahsanuddin S, Ayyala H, Ignatiuk A. Panniculectomy Outcomes by Body Mass Index: an Analysis of 12,732 Cases. Obesity Surgery 2021, 31: 3660-3666. PMID: 34106398, PMCID: PMC8187133, DOI: 10.1007/s11695-021-05468-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexBody mass index rangePostoperative complicationsMass indexNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseAssociated with more postoperative complicationsMultivariate analysisQuality Improvement Program databaseNon-overweight patientsHigher body mass indexWound healing complicationsCalculate body mass indexRate of complicationsHigh BMI groupIncreasing rates of obesityPost-surgical complicationsDose-dependent mannerRates of obesityClass 3Healing complicationsPerioperative factorsWound complicationsBMI groupBariatric surgeryPanniculectomy
2019
Analysis of the impact of chronic corticosteroid use on free flap reconstruction
Weisberger J, Oleck N, Ayyala H, Malhotra R, Lee E. Analysis of the impact of chronic corticosteroid use on free flap reconstruction. Microsurgery 2019, 41: 14-18. PMID: 31591754, DOI: 10.1002/micr.30516.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic steroid useHistory of chronic steroid useChronic steroid usageChronic corticosteroid useNational Surgical Quality ImprovementAmerican College of SurgeonsSteroid useSteroid usageCorticosteroid useSurgical complicationsComplication rateWound complicationsUnivariate analysisAssociated with increased risk of surgical complicationsACS NSQIP databasePatients treated with systemic corticosteroidsIncreased riskIncreased rate of wound complicationsRate of wound complicationsRisk of surgical complicationsIncreased rate of bleedingPostoperative wound complication ratesFree tissue transfer proceduresWound complication rateAssociated with increased risk