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Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Research

The Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department of Concord Repatriation and General Hospital is a Tertiary referral unit for the breadth of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Our surgeons, each with their special interests, create expertise in specific areas clinically and leading research.

The unit covers areas of Plastic Surgery including Breast Reconstruction, Breast Reduction, Transgender Surgery, Body Contouring after massive weight loss, Complex adult cleft and reconstructive surgery, Vascular malformations and overgrowth syndromes, Facial Re-animation, Complex Peripheral Nerve Surgery, Skin cancers, Lower limb reconstruction, General Reconstructive Surgery, and Hand surgery (both elective and trauma). All of our surgeons are involved in research.

Our Research Team

Dr Justine O'Hara	Head of Plastics
Dr Chris Ahn	Plastics Consultant
Dr Harith Alani	Plastics Consultant
Dr Joe Dusseldorp	Plastics Consultant
Dr Peter Hayward	Plastics Consultant
Dr Gazi Hussain	Plastics Consultant
Dr Seyed Lajevardi	Plastics Consultant
Dr Steve Merten	Plastics Consultant

Our Publications

2024

Stanley EA, Zhang L, O'Hara J, Haertsch P, Maitz P. The seven-fold rise in incidence of Stevens-Johnson syndrome & toxic epidermal necrolysis: Associations with COVID-19 and the vaccine. Burns. 2024 Feb;50(1):87-92. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2023.06.016.

Tajziehchi P, Dayaratna N, Holten BE, Dusseldorp JR. Flap neurotisation improves sensation outcomes in abdominally based autologous breast reconstruction: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2024 Mar;90:280-291. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2024.01.045.

Clayton NA, Nicholls CM, Brownlow C, O'Hara J, Issler-Fisher AC, Fisher OM, Maitz PK. Swallowing impairment in older persons following burn injury: Validation of incidence and predictive factors for dysphagia. Burns. 2024 Nov;50(8):2084-2090. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2024.07.032.

2023

2020

O'Hara J, Pye M, Parker C, Maitz PKM, Issler-Fisher A. Foot burns: A comparative analysis of diabetic and non-diabetic patients Diab J. Burns. 2020 Aug 5:S0305-4179(20)30483-6. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2020.07.024. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32863067.

Kamran R, Longmire NM, Rae C, Riff KWYW, Forrest CR, O'Hara J, Bulstrode N, Klassen AF. Concepts Important to Patients With Facial Differences: A Qualitative Study Informing a New Module of the FACE-Q for Children and Young Adults. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2020 Nov 6:1055665620969589. doi: 10.1177/1055665620969589. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33153294.

Polubothu S, McGuire N, Al-Olabi L, Baird W, Bulstrode N, Chalker J, Josifova D, Lomas D, O'Hara J, Ong J, Rampling D, Stadnik P, Thomas A, Wedgeworth E, Sebire NJ, Kinsler VA. Does the gene matter? Genotype-phenotype and genotype-outcome associations in congenital melanocytic naevi. Br J Dermatol. 2020 Feb;182(2):434-443. doi: 10.1111/bjd.18106. Epub 2019 Aug 9.

Borghi A, Rodriguez Florez N, Ruggiero F, James G, O'Hara J, Ong J, Jeelani O, Dunaway D, Schievano S. A population-specific material model for sagittal craniosynostosis to predict surgical shape outcomes. Biomech Model Mechanobiol. 2020 Aug;19(4):1319-1329. doi: 10.1007/s10237-019-01229-y. Epub 2019 Sep 30. PMID: 31571084; PMCID: PMC7424404

Louca M, Dusseldorp JR. A Patient with Traumatic Upper Eyelid Ectropion and their Management by Canthopexy. J Craniofac Surg. 2020 (ePub ahead of Print)

Dusseldorp JR, Faraway J, Razavi L, Hadlock TA, Trotman CA. Nasolabial Fold Dynamics: Implications for Facial Paralysis and Facial Reanimation Surgery. Orthod. Craniofac. Res.2020;00:1-8. https://doi.org/10.1111/ocr.12400

Dusseldorp JR, Hadlock TA. Reply: In the Eye of the Beholder: Changes in Perceived Emotion Expression after Smile Reanimation. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2020 Jun;145(6):1110e-1112e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000006855.PMID: 32464039 No abstract available.

Guarin DL, Yunusova Y, Taati B, Dusseldorp JR, Mohan S, Tavares J, van Veen MM, Fortier E, Hadlock TA, Jowett N. Toward an Automatic System for Computer-Aided Assessment in Facial Palsy. Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med. 2020 Jan;22(1):42-49

Greene JJ, Guarin DL, Tavares J, Fortier E, Robinson M, Dusseldorp JR, Quatela O, Jowett N, Hadlock TA. The Spectrum of Facial Palsy: The MEEI Facial Palsy Photo and Video Standard Set. Laryngoscope. 2020 Jan;130(1):32-37

2019

Liang D, V. Harish, Merten S. Superomedial pedicle reduction mammaplasty with and without drains: a comparative analysis. Australian Journal of Plastic Surgery, March 2019

Paganini A, Bhatti-Söfteland M, Fischer S, Kölby D, Hansson E, O'Hara J, Maltese G, Tarnow P, Kölby L. In search of a single standardised system for reporting complications in craniofacial surgery: a comparison of three different classifications. J Plast Surg Hand Surg. 2019 Dec;53(6):321-327. Epub 2019 Jun 12. PMID: 31187676.

Saleh, A; O'Hara JL; Bulstrode NW. Refinements in Autologous Ear Reconstruction: Descriptive Surgical Technique and Experience of 400 Consecutive Cases at a Tertiary Referral Center in the UK. European Journal of Plastic Surgery, EJPS-D-19-00212R

Jivraj BA, Ahmed N, Karia K, Menon R, Robertson E, Sodha A, Wormald JCR, O'Hara J, Jeelani O, Dunaway D, James G, Ong J. A 24-month cost and outcome analysis comparing traditional fronto-orbital advancment and remodeling with endoscopic strip craniectomy and molding helmet in the management of unicoronal craniosynostosis: A retrospective bi-institutional review. JPRAS Open. 2019 Feb 1;20:35-42. doi: 10.1016/j.jpra.2019.01.010. PMID: 32158870; PMCID: PMC7061657

O'Hara J, Ruggiero F, Wilson L, James G, Glass G, Jeelani O, Ong J, Bowman R, Wyatt M, Evans R, Samuels M, Hayward R, Dunaway DJ. Syndromic Craniosynostosis: Complexities of Clinical Care. Mol Syndromol. 2019 Feb;10(1-2):83-97 2019 Jan 16

Glass GE, O'Hara J, Canham N, Cilliers D, Dunaway D, Fenwick AL, Jeelani NO, Johnson D, Lester T, Lord H, Morton JEV, Nishikawa H, Noons P, Schwiebert K, Shipster C, Taylor-Beadling A, Twigg SRF, Vasudevan P, Wall SA, Wilkie AOM, Wilson LC. ERF-related craniosynostosis: The phenotypic and developmental profile of a new craniosynostosis syndrome. Am J Med Genet A. 2019 Apr;179(4):615 Epub 2019 Feb 13.

O'Hara J, Way B, Borghi A, Knoops PGM, Chua D, Hayward RD. The turricephaly index: A validated method for recording turricephaly and its natural history in Apert syndrome. J Craniomaxillofac Surg. 2019 Mar;47(3) Epub 2018 Dec 25.

Mondal A, Rodriguez-Florez N, O'Hara J, Ong J, Jeelani NUO, Dunaway DJ, James G. Lack of association of cranial lacunae with intracranial hypertension in children with Crouzon syndrome and Apert syndrome: a 3D morphometric quantitative analysis. Childs Nerv Syst. 2019 Mar;35(3):501-507 Epub 2019 Jan 19.

Borghi A, Ruggiero F, Tenhagen M, Schievano S, Ponniah A, Dunaway D, O'Hara J, Ong J. Design and manufacturing of a patient-specific nasal implant for congenital arhinia: Case report. Britto JAJPRAS Open. 2019 Jun 12;21:28-34. doi: 10.1016/j.jpra.2019.05.002. PMID: 32158883; PMCID: PMC7061611.

Dusseldorp JR, Guarin DL, van Veen MM, Jowett N, Hadlock TA. In the Eye of the Beholder: Changes in Perceived Emotion Expression after Smile Reanimation. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019 Aug;144(2):457-471. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000005865.PMID: 31348360

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