Controlled Substance Use in Plastic Surgery Related Emergency Department Visits: An NEISS Study of Burn, Hand, and Face Injuries.

Psychoactive substance use is often a complicating factor in injury that requires an emergency room visit. The present study examined data recorded in the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) database for patients who presented to an Emergency Department (ED) and had psychoactive substance involvement, requiring management by plastic surgery. A retrospective cohort study was performed using the NEISS database, from 2019 to 2021.

Litigation in gender affirming surgery: Reviewing five decades of the medical malpractice landscape.

The present study sought to analyze malpractice cases related to gender affirming surgery to provide information to physicians as it may serve to minimize the risk of malpractice suits. The Westlaw and Lexis Nexis databases were queried for jury verdicts and settlements related to gender affirming surgery malpractice lawsuits. A total of 26 cases were identified between 1970 and 2020, five of which were determined relevant on further review.

Vaginal Reconstruction in the Pediatric Population: An Analysis of a National Database.

Objective: In the pediatric population, vaginoplasties can be performed in patients with either congenital malformations or acquired conditions. To our knowledge, there has been no study to date investigating the outcomes of vaginoplasty in the pediatric population using a nationwide database. Here, we present a national cohort study of perioperative characteristics and 30-day complications of vaginoplasty in pediatric patients.

The effect of context on noisy-channel sentence comprehension.

The process of sentence comprehension must allow for the possibility of noise in the input, e.g., from speaker error, listener mishearing, or environmental noise.

Implementation of a nonopioid protocol following robot-assisted radical cystectomy with intracorporeal urinary diversion.

Purpose: The implementation of robot-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) with intracorporeal urinary diversion (ICUD) for management of patients with muscle-invasive or high-risk noninvasive bladder cancer has increased in utilization over the last decade. Here, we seek to describe institutional opioid prescription and utilization patterns following implementation of a nonopioid (NOP) perioperative pain management protocol in patients who received RARC with ICUD.

Materials And Methods: The records of all patients who underwent RARC that utilized a NOP perioperative pain management protocol at a single academic institution from 2016 to 2020 were retrospectively reviewed.

Can anesthetics affect bladder cancer recurrence? Total intravenous versus volatile anesthesia in patients undergoing robot-assisted radical cystectomy: A single institution retrospective analysis.

Background: Radical cystectomy is standard of care and part of a multidisciplinary approach for long-term survival in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) or high-grade non-MIBC. Recent data have suggested that anesthetic technique can affect long-term survival and recurrence in patients undergoing cancer related surgery.

Methods: The records of all patients who underwent robot-assisted radical cystectomy for high-risk non-MIBC or MIBC at a single academic institution from 2014 to 2020 were retrospectively reviewed.