2022
Expanding the criteria for targeted muscle reinnervation: A national assessment of eligibility
Junn A, Dinis J, Reategui A, Liu S, Colen D, Prsic A. Expanding the criteria for targeted muscle reinnervation: A national assessment of eligibility. Orthoplastic Surgery 2022, 7: 7-12. DOI: 10.1016/j.orthop.2021.10.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPeripheral vascular diseaseVascular diseaseMuscle reinnervationKnee amputationLower extremitiesICD-9 diagnosis codesNational Inpatient Sample databaseHospital-level factorsLower extremity amputationLowest income quartileOlder patientsYounger patientsBlack patientsExtremity amputationPatient populationDiagnosis codesHigh prevalenceInclusion criteriaLE amputationEighth decadePatientsAmputationOverall populationIncome quartileStudy period
2021
The Medial Femoral Condyle Flap in the Pediatric Patient.
Colen DL, Kania KE, Othman S, Levin LS, Reece EM, Pederson WC, Innocenti M, Kovach SJ. The Medial Femoral Condyle Flap in the Pediatric Patient. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 2021, 147: 613e-622e. PMID: 33776035, DOI: 10.1097/prs.0000000000007778.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedial femoral condyle flapMedial femoral condyle free flapFree flapPathologic fracturePediatric patientsMulti-institutional retrospective reviewCLINICAL QUESTION/LEVELPediatric patient populationDistal femoral physisSkeletal reconstructionMedial femoral condyleSkeletal defectsImmature patientsLast patientClinical outcomesRetrospective reviewPediatric populationBony unionPatient populationPhyseal arrestFemoral physisLength discrepancyFluoroscopic guidanceOperative techniqueInclusion criteria