Alejandra Aristizábal

• Doctor of Medicine
• Research Fellow at Mayo Clinic - Rochester

The radial forearm flap is classified as a type C fasciocutaneous flap by Cormack and Lamberty and a type B flap with a septocutaneous perforator by Mathes and Nahai’s 1997 classification. It is highly versatile due to its main irrigation through the radial artery and its minor pedicles, it offers a wide variety of alternatives for reconstruction,...

Background: There is an increasing demand for body contouring and gender-affirming surgeries, and so is the need to compare outcomes between techniques. Gender dysphoria is a discrepancy between gender identity and the sex assigned at birth. One way to address this is to perform procedures to enable patients to look according to their desired gende...

Reports evaluating plastic surgeons’ practices indicate there are conflicting trends regarding the use of one or two drains for implant-based breast reconstruction (IBBR). Our study aimed to perform a matched cohort analysis to examine the postoperative outcomes and complications of immediate IBBR with tissue expander (TE) using two drains versus a...

Background Due to fluctuations in contemporary trends for breast reconstruction, we aimed to perform a comparative analysis to assess postoperative outcomes and complications of immediate implant-based breast reconstruction (IBBR) with tissue expander before and over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods Consecutive adult women undergoing t...

There is a literature gap regarding facial feminization surgery (FFS) access and coverage. Our goal is to compile information from previous studies and assess the current policy landscape for these surgeries in the US. We also explored why some policies do not cover them, identify states with better coverage, and determine the most covered procedur...

Background There is limited evidence regarding the factors causing a prolonged time for tissue expander (TE) exchange into a definitive implant using two-stage implant-based breast reconstruction (IBBR). This study aimed to review our experience with IBBR, focusing on the time for TE-to-implant exchange and determining which factors cause a prolong...

Background: There are important differences between patients requiring sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) and those who do not require axillary surgery at the time of breast reconstruction. We aimed to perform a propensity score-matched analysis to evaluate the impact of SLNB at the time of immediate implant-based breast reconstruction (IBBR) with...

Introduction: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a neurodegenerative disease with a possible multifactorial origin characterized by the progressive degeneration of motor neurons. There is a relatively high prevalence of this disease in Antioquia; however, there is no published genetic study to date in Colombia. Despite its unknown etiopathogenesis, m...

A non-planned pregnancy in a patient with type 1 diabetes with ocular complications, was treated with degludec from pre-conception stages until the postpartum is reported. The newborn was healthy without any congenital abnormalities; however, due to respiratory distress required neonatal intensive care unit