Surgical Treatment and Visual Outcomes of Adult Orbital Roof Fractures.

Background: Fractures of the orbital roof require high-energy trauma and have been linked to high rates of neurologic and ocular complications. However, there is a paucity of literature exploring the association between injury, management, and visual prognosis.

Methods: The authors performed a 3-year retrospective review of orbital roof fracture admissions to a Level I trauma center.

The Prevalence of Blood-Borne Pathogens in Maxillofacial Trauma Patients.

Background: Blood-borne pathogen infections (BPIs), caused by the human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis C and hepatitis B viruses pose an occupational hazard to healthcare workers. Facial trauma reconstruction surgeons may be at elevated risk because of routine use of sharps, and a higher than average incidence of BPIs in the trauma patient population.

Methods: The authors retrospectively reviewed health records of patients admitted to a level 1 trauma center with a facial fracture between January 2010 and December 2015.

Panniculectomy at the time of bariatric surgery: a propensity score-matched analysis of outcomes in the MBSAQIP database.

Background: Body contouring in the postbariatric surgery patient improves quality of life and daily function.

Objectives: To determine the risk profile of panniculectomy when performed in select patients at the time of bariatric surgery.

Setting: Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP) participating centers.

Differences in Facial Fracture Patterns in Pediatric Nonaccidental Trauma.

Background: The purpose of this study was to characterize differences in facial fracture injury patterns among pediatric patients at highest risk of abusive head trauma/nonaccidental trauma (age ≤ 5 years).

Methods: Using the National Trauma Databank from 2007 to 2015, patients (age ≤ 5 years) suffering facial fractures were included. Demographics and injury characteristics were compared between those sustaining accidental versus nonaccidental trauma (NAT).

Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: Maximizing Surgical Intervention at the Time of Living Donor Renal Transplantation.

Background: Patients with obesity and end-stage renal disease represent a surgical population with multiple comorbidities and high risk for postoperative complications. One method for reducing the incidence of postoperative adverse events in this patient population is to limit the number of operations through combining operations into 1 operative encounter.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of adult patients at a single institution who underwent renal transplant, panniculectomy, and at least 1 additional abdominal or pelvic surgery concurrently.

Insurance Coverage Criteria for Bariatric Surgery: A Survey of Policies.

Background: Bariatric surgery remains underutilized at a national scale, and insurance company reimbursement is an important determinant of access to these procedures. We examined the current state of coverage criteria for bariatric surgery set by private insurance companies.

Methods: We surveyed medical policies of the 64 highest market share health insurance providers in the USA.

Sir Harold Delf Gillies-The Surgeon Artist.

Harold Gillies, a plastic surgeon who created the discipline of plastic surgery and trained hundreds of young surgeons, was foremost an artist. In a short historical perspective, we illustrate this facet of the Gillies' life through a friendship with the British ecologist William Sladen and a painting that Gillies drew during their encounters.

Contemporary Characterization of Injury Patterns, Initial Management, and Disparities in Treatment of Facial Fractures Using the National Trauma Data Bank.

Background: Contemporary description of facial fracture patterns and factors associated with early operative intervention at trauma centers is lacking. The purpose of this study was to characterize injuries and initial treatment patterns of patients suffering from facial fractures.

Methods: Using the National Trauma Databank from 2007 to 2015, patients suffering from facial fractures were included.

Characterization of Age-Related Injury Patterns and Surgical Treatment of Pediatric Facial Fractures: Analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank.

Background: Presentation of pediatric facial fractures varies widely and many injuries are encountered infrequently by most practitioners. This study summarizes injury patterns in a large cohort of facial fractures and their subsequent surgical management.

Methods: Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients 18 years of age or younger admitted between 2009 and 2015 to trauma centers participating in the National Trauma Data Bank were examined.

Panniculectomy at the time of living donor renal transplantation: An 8-year experience.

Panniculectomy can be performed as a prophylactic procedure preceding transplantation to enable obese patients to meet criteria for renal transplantation. No literature exists on combined renal transplant and panniculectomy surgery (LRT-PAN). We describe our 8-year experience performing LRT-PAN.