Publications by authors named "Jenna K Davis"
Introduction: Pectus excavatum is the most prevalent chest wall deformity. Repair may be offered via Nuss or Ravitch technique. This study aims to investigate the outcomes of these repairs using a national cohort.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Telemedicine use increased with the Covid-19 pandemic. The impact of telemedicine on resource use in pulmonary clinics is unknown.
Methods: This retrospective cohort study identified adults with pulmonary clinic visits at the University of Miami Hospital and Clinics (January 2018-December 2021).
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- The study focuses on high ligation of the inferior mesenteric artery in surgeries for low left-sided colon and rectal cancer, aiming to assess how often this technique is used at a particular academic center and its impact on patient outcomes.
- Out of 169 patients analyzed, 61.5% had high ligation noted in their surgical reports, with 55.6% showing radiographic evidence of the technique, particularly successful in 70.2% of intended cases.
- Despite the successful implementation of high ligation, there were no significant differences observed in lymph node yield, time to chemotherapy, or recurrence rates, indicating that high ligation may not affect short-term outcomes compared to low ligation.
Purpose: Debate exists on whether patients with Hirschsprung Disease (HD) should undergo immediate resection during their newborn hospitalization or undergo a staged procedure. This study sought to compare postoperative outcomes among newborns receiving immediate versus staged surgery for rectosigmoid HD.
Methods: The Nationwide Readmission Database was queried (2016-2018) for newborns with HD who underwent surgical resection during their newborn hospitalization (immediate) versus planned readmission (staged).
Purpose: Hirschsprung Disease (HD) is a common congenital intestinal disorder. While aganglionosis most commonly affects the rectosigmoid colon (rectosigmoid HD), outcomes for patients in which aganglionosis extends to more proximal segments (long-segment HD) remain understudied. This study sought to compare postoperative outcomes among newborns with rectosigmoid and long-segment HD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is considered standard of care for the treatment of medically refractory Parkinson disease (PD). The placement of brain electrodes is performed using contrast imaging to enhance blood vessel identification during stereotactic planning. We present our experience with a series of patients implanted using noncontrast imaging.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFragile X syndrome (FXS), a heritable intellectual and autism spectrum disorder (ASD), results from the loss of Fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP). This neurodevelopmental disease state exhibits neural circuit hyperconnectivity and hyperexcitability. Canonically, FMRP functions as an mRNA-binding translation suppressor, but recent findings have enormously expanded its proposed roles.
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