Publications by authors named "Susan M Taghioff"
Article Synopsis
- Federal grants for plastic surgery research mainly focus on reconstructive over aesthetic studies, with limited funding available for the latter; ASERF aims to enhance funding for innovative aesthetic surgery research.* -
- A review of 130 ASERF-funded studies revealed that while there were notable differences in the h-indices of male versus female recipients, funding amounts were similar across genders and study types.* -
- The primary investigator's practice setting significantly influenced funding decisions; the study highlighted a lack of female representation among applicants and recommended diversifying the applicant pool to include more non-academic and female or gender nonbinary individuals.*
Background: Cryoanalgesia is a tool being used by interventional radiology to treat chronic pain. Within a certain cold temperature range, peripheral nerve function is interrupted and recovers, without neuroma formation. Cryoanalgesia has most often been applied to the intercostal nerve.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Afflicting 2 million lives annually worldwide, breast cancer remains devastating. This study utilized a continuously updated network of electronic medical records (TriNetX Inc, Cambridge, MA) for analysis of 90-day postoperative outcomes of autologous breast reconstruction by increasing body mass index (BMI).
Methods: The deidentified electronic medical records (EMRs) of 29,453,000 females, age 18-99 years, were retrospectively screened from 45 healthcare organizations.
Background: Multiple recent studies suggest a possible protective effect of the influenza vaccine against severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This effect has yet to be evaluated in surgical patients. This study utilizes a continuously updated federated electronic medical record (EMR) network (TriNetX, Cambridge, MA) to analyze the influence of the influenza vaccine against post-operative complications in SARS-CoV-2-positive patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The healthcare industry's efforts to immunize the global community against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) have been unprecedented. Given the fast-tracking of the novel vaccine, its short- and long-term medical implications remain largely to-be-determined in most patient populations. This study aims to analyze 90-day post-operative outcomes in microsurgical patients, who have received or not received SARS-CoV-2-vaccination, using a continuously updated federated electronic medical record network (TriNetX Inc, Cambridge, MA).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Recently, several single center studies have suggested a protective effect of the influenza vaccine against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). This study utilizes a continuously updated Electronic Medical Record (EMR) network to assess the possible benefits of influenza vaccination mitigating critical adverse outcomes in SARS-CoV-2 positive patients from 56 healthcare organizations (HCOs).
Methods: The de-identified records of 73,346,583 patients were retrospectively screened.