September 2024 Journal Club: Predicting Persistent Opioid Use; Novel Tendon Stapler Device; Radial and Ulnar Forearm Free Flaps

In this episode of the Award-winning PRS Journal Club Podcast, 2024 Resident Ambassadors to the PRS Editorial Board – Rami Kantar, Yoshi Toyoda, and Amanda Sergesketter- and special guest Valeriy Shubinets, MD, discuss the following articles from the September 2024 issue:“Predicting Persistent Opioid Use after Hand Surgery: A Machine Learning Approach” by Baxter, Ho, Byrd, et al.“Wrist-Level Tendon Repairs Utilizing a Novel Tendon Stapler Device: An Efficiency and Biomechanical Study” by Reed, Hendrycks, Graham, et al.“Radial and Ulnar Forearm Free Flaps: A Critical Comparison of Donor-Site Morbidity and Its Impact on Quality of Life” Al-Aroomi, Duan, Al-Worafi, et al.Special guest, Dr. Valeriy Shubinets, is a faculty member at The Curtis National Hand Center and MedStar Health. Originally from Ukraine, he obtained his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. He was awarded the Howard Hughes Medical Institute fellowship for a research year before he completed his plastic surgery residency at the University of Pennsylvania, followed by an orthopedic hand fellowship at The Curtis National Hand Center and Union Memorial Hospital. Dr. Shubinets has a diverse clinical practice in hand surgery with a focus on reconstruction and microsurgery including very complex replantations, and he also conducts research to better understand vascular anatomy. READ the articles discussed in this podcast as well as free related content: https://bit.ly/JCSept24Collection#PRSJournalClub