Major morbidity and mortality rates in craniofacial surgery: An analysis of 8101 major procedures

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 181-186

  Czerwinski, Marcin ^a,b   Hopper, Richard A ^a,b   Gruss, Joseph ^a,b   Fearon, Jeffrey A ^a,b  

^a The Craniofacial Center Texas   (United States)

^b Seattle Children/s Craniofacial Center ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954661150     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181da87df     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Oritz-Monasterio F. Notes on the history of craniofacial surgery. In: Jackson IT, Munro IR, Salyer KE, et al, eds. Atlas of Craniomaxillofacial Surgery. St. Louis: Mosby; 1982: vii-xii.
2. Whitaker LA, Munro IR, Salyer KE, et al. Combined report of problems and complications in 793 craniofacial operations. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1979;64:198-203.
3. Munro IR, Sabatier RE. An analysis of 12 years of craniomaxillofacial surgery in Toronto. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1985;76:29-35.
4. Poole MD. Complications in craniofacial surgery. Br J Plast Surg. 1988;41:608-613.
5. Stieg PE, Mulliken JB. Neurosurgical complications in craniofacial surgery. Neurosurg Clin North Am. 1991;2:703-708.
6. Esparza J, Hinojosa J. Complications in the surgical treatment of craniosynostosis and craniofacial syndromes: Apropos of 306 transcranial procedures. Childs Nerv Syst. 2008; 24:1421-1430.
7. Andersson EM, Sandvik L, Semb G, Abyholm F. Palatal fistulas after primary repair of clefts of the secondary palate. Scand J Reconstr Surg Hand Surg. 2008;42:296-299.
8. Sah BK, Zhu ZG, Chen MM, et al. Effect of surgical work volume on postoperative complication: Superiority of specialized center in gastric treatment. Langenbecks Arch Surg. 2009;394:41-47.
9. Billingsley KG, Morris AM, Green P. Does surgeon case volume influence nonfatal adverse outcomes after rectal cancer resection? J Am Coll Surg. 2008;206:1167-1177.
10. Fearon JA, Yu J, Bartlett SP, Munro IR, Chir B, Whitaker L. Infections in craniofacial surgery: A combined report of 567 procedures from two centers. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1997;100: 862-868.
11. Yeung LC, Cunningham ML, Allpress AL, Gruss JS, Ellenbogen RG, Zerr DM. Surgical site infections after pediatric intracranial surgery for craniofacial malformations: Frequency and risk factors. Neurosurgery 2005;56:733-739.
12. Cruz AA, Carlos dos Santos AC. Blindness after LeFort I osteotomy: A possible complication associated with pterygomaxillary separation. J Craniomaxillofac Surg. 2006;34:210-216.
13. Lo LJ, Hung KF, Chen YR. Blindness as a complication of Le Fort I osteotomy for maxillary distraction. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2002;109:688-698.
14. Girotto JA, Davidson J, Wheatly M, et al. Blindness as a complication of Le Fort osteotomies: Role of atypical fracture patterns and distortion of the optic canal. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1998;102:1409-1421; discussion 1422-1423. (Pubitemid 28468680)
15. Fearon JA, Rhodes J. Pfeiffer syndrome: A treatment evaluation. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2009;123:1560-1569.
16. Fearon JA, Weinthal J. The use of recombinant erythropoietin in the reduction of blood transfusion rates in craniosynostosis repair in infants and children. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2002;109:2190-2196.
17. McKoy JM, Stonecash RE, Cournoyer D, et al. Epoeitin-associated pure red cell aplasia: Past present, and future considerations. Transfusion 2008;48:1754-1762.
18. Glaspy JA. Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents in oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2008;6:565-575.
19. Van der Meer P, Groenveld H, Januzzi JL, van Veldhuisen DJ. Erythropoietin treatment in patients with chronic heart failure: A meta-analysis. Heart 2009;95:1309-1314.
20. Fearon JA. Reducing allogenic blood transfusions during pediatric cranial vault surgical procedures: A prospective analysis of blood recycling. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2004;113:1126-1130.
21. Truitt AK, Sorrells DL, Halvorson E, et al. Pulmonary embolism: Which pediatric trauma patients are at risk? J Pediatr Surg. 2005;40:124-127.
22. Sandoval JA, Sheehan MP, Stonerock CE, Shafique F, Rescorla FJ, Dalsing MC. Incidence, risk factors, and treatment patterns for deep venous thrombosis in hospitalized children: An increasing population at risk. J Vasc Surg. 2008;47: 837-843.
23. Victoria T, Mong A, Altes T, et al. Evaluation of pulmonary embolism in a pediatric population with high clinical suspicion. Pediatr Radiol. 2009;39:35-41.
24. Phillips RJ, Mulliken JB. Venous air embolism during a craniofacial procedure. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1988;82:155-159.
25. Fearon JA. Halo distraction of the LeFort III in syndromic craniosynostosis: A long-term assessment. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2005;115:1524-1536.
26. Gladwell M. Outliers: The Story of Success. New York: Little, Brown; 2008.
27. Bates B, Kern MS. Doctor-nurse teamwork: What helps? What hinders? Am J Nurs. 1967;68:2066-2071.