Risk Factors for Readmission After Cleft Lip Repair.
Chouairi F, Mercier MR, Mets EJ, Alperovich M. Risk Factors for Readmission After Cleft Lip Repair. Journal Of Craniofacial Surgery 2019, 30: 2042-2044. PMID: 31403505, DOI: 10.1097/scs.0000000000005780.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCleft lip repairSeizure disorderSteroid useLip repairRisk factorsNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program Pediatric databaseDeep incisional surgical site infectionStructural central nervous system abnormalitiesSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Pediatric databaseIncisional surgical site infectionThirty-day readmission ratesCentral nervous system abnormalitiesDeep wound dehiscenceSurgical site infectionManagement of patientsNational surgical databaseNervous system abnormalitiesCommon craniofacial malformationBinary logistic regressionReadmitted patientsUnplanned intubationPatient demographicsReadmission ratesNutritional supportSite infectionCleft 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 course