Publications by authors named "Felecia E Cerrato"
Background: Young women with congenital breast asymmetry have impaired psychological well-being and self-esteem. However, little is known regarding the effects of surgical intervention in this population. This cohort study aims to assess postoperative changes in health-related quality of life following surgical treatment of breast asymmetry in young women using a prospective, longitudinal study design.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Despite the psychosocial deficits associated with gynecomastia, surgical treatment of adolescent gynecomastia remains controversial. This longitudinal cohort study measures changes in health-related quality of life following surgical treatment of gynecomastia in adolescents.
Methods: The following surveys were administered to adolescents with gynecomastia and male controls, aged 12-21 years: Short-Form 36v2 (SF-36), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), and Eating-Attitudes Test-26.
Objectives: To measure changes in health-related quality of life and breast-related symptoms after reduction mammaplasty in adolescents.
Methods: In this longitudinal cohort study, we administered the Short-Form 36v2 (SF-36), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), Breast-Related Symptoms Questionnaire (BRSQ), and Eating Attitudes Test-26 to 102 adolescents with macromastia and 84 female controls, aged 12 to 21 years. Patients with macromastia completed surveys preoperatively and after reduction mammaplasty at 6 months and 1, 3, and 5 years.
Giant fibroadenomas (5 cm or greater) are benign breast masses that often present in adolescence and require surgical excision. Long-term outcomes, recurrence rates, and the need for additional reconstructive surgery in this population are unknown. Patients aged 11-25 years whose pathology reports indicated the presence of a giant fibroadenoma were eligible for this study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To examine the efficacy of preoperative electrocardiogram (EKG) screening for Timothy syndrome, a rare and fatal condition characterized by prolonged QT, in children referred for syndactyly release.
Methods: We reviewed the records of nonsyndromic syndactyly patients seen by a hand surgeon at our institution between 2007 and 2013. All underwent a preoperative screening EKG for Timothy syndrome.
Background: This study measures the impact of adolescent breast asymmetry compared with macromastia and female controls.
Methods: The following surveys were given to patients with breast asymmetry, macromastia, and controls aged 12 to 21 years: Short Form Health Survey, Version 2 (Short Form-36), the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and the Eating Attitudes Test. Demographics were compared, and linear regression models, adjusted for body mass index category and age, were fit to determine the effect of case status on survey score.
Background: Pfeiffer syndrome is characterized by craniosynostosis and a variety of associated upper and lower extremity anomalies. The authors reviewed presentation and treatment of upper extremity anomalies in a series of genotyped patients with Pfeiffer syndrome.
Methods: Medical records of patients with Pfeiffer syndrome seen at the authors' institution over a 16-year period were reviewed.
Background: The purpose of this study was to determine the physical and psychosocial impact of gynecomastia and its severity on adolescents seeking treatment as compared with healthy adolescent males.
Methods: The following surveys were administered to adolescents with gynecomastia and healthy male controls, aged 12 to 21 years: Short Form-36 Version 2, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and the Eating Attitudes Test-26. Demographic variables were compared between the two groups, and controls were administered a short chest symptoms survey.