Publications by authors named "Derek J Vos"
Breathing Pattern Disorder: Introduction and Diagnostics.
Immunol Allergy Clin North Am
February 2025
Breathing pattern disorder (BPD) refers to a heterogenous condition, which features altered normal respiratory functioning that cannot be fully attributed to organic causes at the current time. Characteristic symptoms of this condition include dyspnea, and irregular ventilation. The diagnosis of BPD is made utilizing a combination of patient-reported experiences in the form of validated questionnaires, direct observation by experienced clinicians, and objective testing in the form of cardiopulmonary exercise testing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLongitudinal Analysis of the Use of Facial Reanimation Procedures for Bell's Palsy.
Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med
November 2024
Treatment of Bell's palsy ranges from medical management with high-dose corticosteroids to complex facial reanimation procedures. To characterize the number of static, dynamic, and combined facial reanimation procedures for the management of Bell's palsy using a national database over time. This retrospective cohort study included patients in the 2013-2020 National Surgical Quality Improvement Project database with a postoperative diagnosis of Bell's palsy.
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- The study aims to evaluate the long-term effectiveness of respiratory retraining therapy for patients with exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction (EILO) by analyzing patient data and conducting surveys.
- A total of 34 patients were analyzed, revealing significant improvement in dyspnea scores post-treatment, with most patients reporting varying degrees of symptom relief following therapy.
- The findings suggest that respiratory retraining therapy is a non-invasive and effective first-line treatment for EILO, with techniques like abdominal and ratio breathing being particularly helpful.
Objectives: To characterize the effect of facial reanimation using masseteric nerve transfer on the masseter muscle itself, examining whether there is any demonstrable atrophy postoperatively.
Methods: Electronic medical records of adult patients who underwent facial reanimation using masseteric nerve transfer at our institution over a 15-year period were reviewed. To account for the impact of postoperative radiation, randomly selected patients who underwent radical parotidectomy without nerve transfer and received postoperative radiation served as controls in a 1:1 fashion against those who underwent masseteric nerve transfer with postoperative radiation.
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- This study reviews a minimal access technique for identifying recipient vessels in microvascular tissue transfer, focusing on its effectiveness and outcomes.
- A total of 236 cases were analyzed, predominantly for head and neck cancer reconstruction, with common donor sites being the anterolateral thigh and complications occurring in 14% of the cases.
- The findings suggest that minimal access methods facilitate vessel identification reliably, contribute to fewer complications, and support quicker patient recovery in reconstructive surgeries.