Selected Publications
Kozak GM, Hsu J, Broach R, Shakir S, Calvert C, Stranix JT, Messa IV CA, Levin LS, Kovach SJ, Fischer JP: Comparative effectiveness analysis of complex lower extremity reconstruction: Outcomes and costs for biologic-based, local tissue rearrangement, and free flap reconstruction Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 145 (3): 608e-616e,2020.
Shakir S, Messa CA 4th, Broach RB, Rheumtulla IA, Chatman B, D'Angelantonio A, Levin LS, Kovach SJ 3rd, Serletti JM, Fischer JP: Indications and limitations of bilayer wound matrix-based lower extremity reconstruction: A multidisciplinary case-control study of 191 wounds Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 145 (3): 813-822,2020.
Rios-Diaz AJ, Fischer JP: Stoma closure reinforcement with biological mesh and incisional hernia Lancet 395 (10222): 393-395,2020.
Coblens OM, Brant JA, Thomas WW, Fischer JP, Newman JG, Cannady SB: American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program assessment of risk factors for 30-day unplanned readmission in patients undergoing head and neck surgery requiring free tissue reconstruction Head & Neck 42 (2): 230-237,2020.
Hernandez JA, Stranix JT, Piwnica-Worms W, Azoury SC, Kozak GM, Grimm JC, Vallabhajosyula P, Fischer JP, Kovach SJ: Omental flap coverage for management of thoracic aortic graft infection Annals of Thoracic Surgery : 2019 (Epub).
Messa CA 4th, Kozak G, Broach RB, Fischer JP: When the mesh goes away: An analysis of poly-4-hydroxybutyrate mesh for complex hernia repair Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open 7 (11): e2576,2019.
Fox SS, Huang LC, Hooks WB 3rd, Fischer JP, Hope WW: An evaluation of fascial closure techniques in open ventral hernia repair: Practice patterns and short-term outcomes The American Surgeon 85 (11): 1213-1218,2019.
Hutchison CE, Rhemtulla IA, Mauch JT, Broach RB, Enriquez FA, Hernandez JA, Messa CA 4th, Williams NN, Harbison SP, Fischer JP: Cutting through the fat: A retrospective analysis of clinical outcomes, cost, and quality of life with the addition of panniculectomy to ventral hernia repair in overweight patients Hernia 23 (5): 969-977,2019.
Basta MN, Kozak GM, Broach RB, Messa CA 4th, Rhemtulla I, DeMatteo RP, Serletti JM, Fischer JP: Can we predict incisional hernia? Development of a surgery-specific decision-support interface Annals of Surgery 270 (3): 544-553,2019.
Fischer JP: The role of plastic surgery in hernia repair and abdominal surgery Story/interview with Fox 29 television, Philadelphia, PA : 2019.
Academic Contact Information
Division of Plastic Surgery
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
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Philadelphia,
PA
19104
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