Publications by authors named "Jenna Marek"
Background: Radiographic adjacent segment disease (ASD) ranges from 10% to 84%, depending on technique. Occurrence of symptomatic ASD is lower, with a range of 1.9% to 13%.
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- The study investigates the prognostic value of the blood urea nitrogen to serum albumin ratio (BAR) in predicting outcomes for lung cancer patients who undergo robotic-assisted pulmonary lobectomy (RAPL).
- An analysis of 400 patients revealed that while there was a clear threshold for BAR, there were no significant differences in surgical complications or 30-day mortality outcomes between those with Low and High BAR.
- The conclusion is that High BAR does not effectively predict worse outcomes in this context, suggesting the need for further research to explore its prognostic capabilities in lower-risk patient populations.
Hypergranulation is the abnormal accumulation of granulation tissue in a wound and is commonly seen in burns. It impairs wound healing and can predispose patients to infection. There is no gold standard treatment for hypergranulation tissue, but some options include surgical debridement, chemical cautery with silver nitrate, and topical steroids.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Adjacent segment disease (ASD) is a common problem after lumbar spinal fusions. Ways to reduce the rates of ASD are highly sought after to reduce the need for reoperation.
Objective: To find predisposing factors of ASD after lumbar interbody fusions, especially in mismatch of pelvic incidence and lumbar lordosis (PI-LL).
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic presented patients with barriers to receiving healthcare. We sought to determine whether changes in healthcare access and practice during the pandemic affected perioperative outcomes after robotic-assisted pulmonary lobectomy (RAPL).
Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 721 consecutive patients who underwent RAPL.