2025
Hand therapy utilization following digital flexor tendon repair: Trends, timing, predictive factors, and association with reoperation
Kammien A, Hu K, Yu C, Grauer J, Colen D. Hand therapy utilization following digital flexor tendon repair: Trends, timing, predictive factors, and association with reoperation. Journal Of Hand Therapy 2025 PMID: 39755488, DOI: 10.1016/j.jht.2024.07.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTherapy utilizationAssociated with several clinical factorsHand therapyMonths of surgeryProportion of patientsPostoperative hand therapyPostoperative week 4Tendon repairFlexor tendon repairConcomitant proceduresPredictive factorsClinical factorsFollow-upZone II flexor tendon repairNonclinical characteristicsPatient factorsWeek 4TherapyNerve repairExclusion criteriaNonclinical factorsClinical practiceLogistic regressionComponent of recoveryDigital flexor tendon repair
2024
Cost Comparison of Digital Nerve Repair Techniques
Hu K, Williams M, Kammien A, Canner J, Mukherjee T, Hill E, Colen D. Cost Comparison of Digital Nerve Repair Techniques. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 2024, 155: 543e-552e. PMID: 39085087, DOI: 10.1097/prs.0000000000011662.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNerve repair techniquesPrimary repairOperating roomAnesthesia chargesNerve allograftsNerve repairPrimary nerve repairDigital nerve repairRepair techniquesAssociated with greater totalState Ambulatory SurgeryMedian total chargesClinical factorsAllograft implantationAllograftNerve gapsEquitable patient accessAutograftAmbulatory surgeryPatientsAnesthesiaMultivariate regressionStudy periodSurgical suppliesRepairA Nationwide Analysis of Complications, Reoperations, and Cost of Wide-Awake Flexor Tendon Repairs
Kammien A, Rancu A, Kim S, Parikh N, Grauer J, Colen D. A Nationwide Analysis of Complications, Reoperations, and Cost of Wide-Awake Flexor Tendon Repairs. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 2024, 155: 301-307. PMID: 39026384, DOI: 10.1097/prs.0000000000011651.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchElixhauser Comorbidity IndexWound complicationsTraditional anesthesiaEmergency department visitsYears of follow-upTendon repairAnalysis of complicationsRate of tendon ruptureNationwide cohort studyDepartment visitsWide-awake surgeryFlexor tendon repairConcomitant treatmentMatched cohortFollow-upZone II flexor tendon repairCohort studyMultivariate linear regressionAnesthesia techniquesComorbidity indexVascular injuryIntraoperative testingReoperationNerve repairPatients
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