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Is Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Appropriately Valued? Comparison of Reimbursement per Unit Time for Reconstructive versus Aesthetic Procedures

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Background:. The work relative value units (wRVUs) system was established as a quantifier of physician labor, technical skill, medical decision-making, and training time required to complete a surgical procedure; hence, more challenging operations should
Alexa De la Fuente Hagopian, MD, Souha Farhat, MD, Narainsai K. Reddy, MS, Sebastian Guadarrama-Sistos Vazquez, MD, Pablo L. Padilla, MD, Anthony Echo, MD   +5 more
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Discordance Between Patient and Physician Global Assessments in Early Systemic Sclerosis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective This study aims to identify factors associated with patient global assessment (PtGA) and physician global assessment (PhGA) and discordance between them in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Methods Data from adults with early SSc (<5 years) from the Collaborative National Quality and Efficacy Registry were included.
Ellen Romich, Alexis Ogdie, Alisa Stephens Shields, Peter A. Merkel, Shervin Assassi, Elana J. Bernstein, Andreea Bujor, Flavia V. Castelino, Lorinda Chung, Luke B. Evnin, Tracy M. Frech, Jessica K. Gordon, Melissa Griffith, Faye N. Hant, Monica L. Harding, Laura K. Hummers, Dinesh Khanna, Kimberly S. Lakin, Dorota J. Lebiedz‐Odrobina, Yiming Luo, Ashima Makol, Maureen D. Mayes, Zsuzsanna H. McMahan, Jerry Molitor, Duncan F. Moore, Julie Paik, Carrie Richardson, Brian Skaug, Ami A. Shah, Ankoor Shah, Virginia Steen, John M. VanBuren, Elizabeth R. Volkmann, Carleigh Zahn, Nora Sandorfi, for the CONQUER Investigators   +35 more
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Rheumatoid Arthritis and Coronary Artery Calcium Progression: A Case Cohort Analysis From ELSA‐Brasil

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective To investigate the association between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and coronary artery calcium (CAC) prevalence, incidence, and progression over four years in adults without prior cardiovascular disease. Methods A case‐cohort study within the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA‐Brasil) included 585 participants (86 patients with ...
Patrícia Fonseca Estrada, Marcos Rafael N. Cavalcante, Itamar de Souza Santos, Márcio S. Bittencourt, Vandrize Meneghini, Paulo A. Lotufo, Alessandra C. Goulart, Isabela M. Bensenor   +7 more
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Tunica Vaginalis Flap as a Second Layer for Tubularized Incised Plate Urethroplasty

Urology Journal, 2010
PURPOSE: To investigate the success rate of Snodgrass method in combination with tunica vaginalis flap as the second layer for hypospadias repair. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a prospective study, 33 patients with penile hypospadias who were treated using a
Kamyar Tavakkoli Tabassi, Shabnam Mohammadi   +1 more
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Health Care Use Among Patients Presenting to Emergency Department for Gout Flares in Ontario, Canada: A Population‐Based Health Systems Analysis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We characterized emergency department (ED) gout visits and identified patient characteristics and health services patterns contributing to ED presentations. Methods We conducted a population‐based study of ED gout visits in Ontario, Canada, between 2014 and 2023.
Timothy S. H. Kwok, Samantha Morais, William K. Silverstein, Clare L. Atzema, Gregory Choy, Priyanka Chandratre, Ping Li, Jessica Widdifield   +7 more
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Race and Household Income Are Associated With Disease Outcomes in Pediatric Patients With Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody–Associated Vasculitis Hospitalized in the United States

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Race and household income impact outcomes in patients with rheumatic conditions; however, their role in pediatric antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)–associated vasculitis (AAV) remains poorly understood. We aimed to evaluate whether race and ethnicity and household income are associated with severe AAV disease and renal outcomes among
Roberto Alejandro Valdovinos, William Daniel Soulsby III, Emily von Scheven   +2 more
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Real‐World Safety and Effectiveness of JAK Inhibitors in Systemic Sclerosis: A Propensity‐Matched Study From the EUSTAR Cohort

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective JAK inhibitors (JAKi) have shown promising effects in early‐phase studies of systemic sclerosis (SSc). We aimed to assess the safety and explore the effectiveness of JAKi compared to conventional immunosuppressants in SSc. Methods A longitudinal retrospective study of the European Scleroderma Trials and Research Group (EUSTAR) cohort was ...
Stefano Di Donato, Marie‐Elise Truchetet, Marco Minerba, Oliver Distler, Juan José Alegre Sancho, Yolanda Braun‐Moscovici, Christina Bergmann, Petros Sfikakis, Jeska K. de Vries‐Bouwstra, Murray Baron, Silvia Bellando‐Randone, Lorenzo Dagna, Christopher P. Denton, Madelon C. Vonk, Vanessa Smith, Ivan Castellvi, Gabriela Riemekasten, Andra Balanescu, Masataka Kuwana, Maria De Santis, Kamal Solanki, Anastas Batalov, Vahan Mukuchyan, Marco Matucci‐Cerinic, Yannick Allanore, Francesco Del Galdo, Michael Hughes, EUSTAR Collaborators   +27 more
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Anorectal Dysfunction in Systemic Sclerosis: Clinical Phenotypes and Functional Patterns

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The aim of this study was to characterize specific physiologic defects in anorectal dysfunction in systemic sclerosis (SSc) using anorectal manometry (ARM), evaluate associations with gastrointestinal (GI) and extraintestinal clinical phenotypes, and explore potential serologic markers for risk stratification.
Timothy Kaniecki, Alireza Amindarolzarbi, Tsion Abdi, John Clarke, Michael Hughes, Ami A. Shah, Zsuzsanna H. McMahan   +6 more
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Longitudinal Changes in Adiposity After a Youth Sport‐Related Knee Injury: Informing Posttraumatic Osteoarthritis Prevention

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Youth who experience a sport‐related knee injury have elevated odds of becoming overweight or developing obesity in 3 to 10 years, compounding their risk for posttraumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA). To inform prevention strategies, this study compared patterns of adiposity change between youth with a sport‐related knee injury and uninjured youth ...
Justin M. Losciale, Nuria E. J. Jansen, Christina Y. Le, Leo Lu, Hui Xie, Marienke van Middelkoop, Jackie L. Whittaker   +6 more
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Short‐Term Response to Biologic Therapy in Psoriatic Arthritis Is Not Influenced by Disease Duration at Initiation of Therapy

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We aimed to determine whether the short‐term response to biologics in biologic‐naive psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is better in patients initiating biologic treatment early in the disease course. Methods Patients with PsA who started on biologic therapy from the year 2000 to 2025 were included for analysis.
Sung Min Cho, Shangyi Gao, Daniel Pereira, Richard J. Cook, Dafna D. Gladman   +4 more
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