1. The Association of Same-Day CT Scan with Postoperative Outcomes in Isolated Orbital Fracture Repair.
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Enin K, Pavelchek C, Liu Y, Sciegienka S, and Spataro E
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- Humans, Male, Female, Adult, Retrospective Studies, Middle Aged, Diplopia etiology, Enophthalmos etiology, Enophthalmos surgery, Plastic Surgery Procedures methods, Plastic Surgery Procedures adverse effects, Young Adult, Aged, Adolescent, Orbital Fractures surgery, Orbital Fractures diagnostic imaging, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Postoperative Complications etiology, Reoperation statistics & numerical data
- Abstract
The potential benefits to surgical outcomes of intraoperative and/or same-day computed tomography (CT) during isolated orbital fracture reconstruction are debatable, and previous research on this topic is limited by small sample size. This retrospective IBM MarketScan Commercial and Medicare Supplemental research database study examined patients undergoing isolated orbital reconstruction from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2018, to assess whether same-day CT affected postoperative outcomes. The average age of the 5,023 participants was 37 (standard deviation [SD]: 16) years and 63% were males. The data revealed that 16.2% (815 of 5,023) patients underwent a same-day CT. Those who underwent a same-day CT scan exhibited reduced odds of postoperative enophthalmos (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 0.269; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.167-0.433) and diplopia (aOR: 0.670; 95% CI: 0.495-906). Interestingly, these patients also displayed a higher rate of revision surgeries (aOR: 2.721; 95% CI: 1.893-3.912). In summary, while same-day CT scans diminish certain postoperative complications of orbital fracture repair, they are also associated with an increased likelihood of subsequent surgical revision., Competing Interests: None declared., (Thieme. All rights reserved.)
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- 2024
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