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Specialties
- Plastic Surgery, Hand Upper Extremity & Microvascular Surgery
- Plastic Surgery
- Microsurgery
- Peripheral Nerve Surgery
- Congenital Hand
- Pediatric Hand
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Hand Surgery
- Orthopaedic, Hand Upper Extremity & Microvascular Surgery
- Pediatric Plastic Surgery
- Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery
- Plastic Surgery, Pediatric Hand
- Plastic Surgery, Peripheral Nerve Surgery
Board Certification
American Board of Plastic SurgeryAmerican Board of Plastic Surgery (Sub: Hand Surgery) -
Board Certification and Academic Information
Academic Departments Surgery -Primary Academic Divisions Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Board Certification American Board of Plastic SurgeryAmerican Board of Plastic Surgery (Sub: Hand Surgery)Education history
Fellowship Orthopaedic Hand & Microvascular Surgery - 人妻中出视频 of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine Fellow Residency Integrated Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Southern Illinois 人妻中出视频 School of Medicine Resident Professional Medical Medicine; with Honors in Surgery - 人妻中出视频 of Utah School of Medicine M.D. Undergraduate Major: Biology; Minor: Chemistry; Undergraduate Research Scholar Distinction - 人妻中出视频 of Utah B.A. Selected Publications
Journal Article
- Belardo ZE, Graham EM, Pehnke M, Chang B, Mendenhall SD, Mori S, Shah AS (2024). Revision Surgery Following Primary Reconstruction for Hand Syndactyly. J Hand Surg Am. ()
- Struble SL, Patel NK, Graham EM, Tipps JA, Vaile JR, Leeflang EJ, Goodwin I, Mendenhall SD (2024). Outcomes of Biodegradable Temporizing Matrix for soft tissue reconstruction of the hand and extremities. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open, 12(7), e5956.
- Cordray H, Graham EM, Kota A, Shah AS, Chang B, Mendenhall SD (2023). Clinical and operative risk factors for complications after Apert hand syndactyly reconstruction. J Hand Surg Eur Vol, 49(5), 617-626. ()
- Lee J, Vrk PR, Mendenhall SD, Chang B, Buttrick E, Shah AS (2023). Physeal Fractures of the Distal Ulna: Incidence and Risk Factors for Premature Growth Arrest. J Pediatr Orthop, 44(3), 151-156. ()
- Vaile JR, Struble SL, Patel NK, Janes LE, Park ED, Levin LS, Mendenhall SD (2024). Improving Skin Paddle Reliability and Muscle Gliding in Free Functional Gracilis Transfers. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open, 12(2), e5592. ()
- Bellaire CP, Graham EM, Bracey LM, Ferlauto HR, Weliver C, Mendenhall SD, Melamed E (2023). Recent trends in hand surgery fellowship applicants and programs. Surgery in Practice and Science, Elsevier, 15(100228).
- Graham EM, Baschuk CM, Atkins DJ, Hutchinson L, Duncan CC, Mendenhall SD (2022). Hand Surgeons' Understanding of Partial Hand Prostheses: Results of a National Survey Study. Hand (N Y), 18(7), 1156-1168. ()
- Mendenhall SD, Graham EM, Memmott S, Frederiksen H, Rioux-Forker D, Wang AA, Hutchinson DT (2023). A New Source of Mutilating Hand Injuries: The Side-by-Side Utility Terrain Vehicle. Plast Reconstr Surg, 152(4), 820-830. ()
- Bauder AR, Graham EM, Shubinets V, Mendenhall SD, Carrigan RB, Lin IC, Shah A, Chang B (2023). Does Irreducibility Always Mean a Complex Dislocation? An Analysis of 33 Pediatric Metacarpophalangeal Joint Dislocations. Plast Reconstr Surg, 152(4), 662e-669e. ()
- Reed E, Hendrycks R, Graham EM, Rosales M, Mendenhall SD (2023). Wrist Level Tendon Repairs Utilizing a Novel Tendon Stapler Device: An Efficiency and Biomechanical Study. Plast Reconstr Surg. ()
- Hendrycks RJ, Reed ER, Graham EM, Patel NK, Rosales M, Mendenhall SD (2023). Learning Curve of Wrist-level Tendon Repairs Using a Novel Tendon Stapler versus Traditional Suture Methods. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open, 11(8), e5167. ()
- Graham EM, Kota A, Intintoli MK, Fried A, Shah A, Mendenhall SD (2023). From iron hooks to moving hands: The evolution of partial hand prostheses-a surgical perspective. Orthoplastic Surgery, 12: 29-43.
- Xu W, Graham EM, Shubinets V, Mendenhall SD, Chang B, Lin IC (2023). An Evolution of the Surgical Management of Synpolydactyly: A Case Series of 21 Hands. Ann Plast Surg, 90(6S Suppl 5), S583-S592. ()
- Graham EM, Oliver JD, Hendrycks R, Maglic D, Mendenhall SD (2021). Alternative Tendon Coaptations to the Pulvertaft Weave Technique: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Biomechanical Studies. Hand (N Y), 18(3), 446-455. ()
- Mendenhall SD, Moss WD, Graham EM, Carter G, Agarwal JP (2022). The BREASTrial Stage III: Acellular Dermal Matrix Breast Reconstruction Outcomes from 3 Months to 2 Years Postoperatively. Plast Reconstr Surg, 151(1), 17-24. ()
- Graham EM, Belardo ZE, Galvez MG, Chang B, Shah AS, Mendenhall SD (2022). Current Treatment and Billing Trends of Postaxial Polydactyly Type B. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open, 10(8), e4485. ()
- Graham EM, Oliver J, Hendrycks R, Mendenhall SD (2022). Optimizing the Pulvertaft Weave Technique: A Comprehensive Systematic Review of Comparative Biomechanical Studies. Plast Reconstr Surg, 150(2), 357-365. ()
- Bertolaccini CM, Prazak AMB, Goodwin IA, Kwok A, Mendenhall SD, Rockwell WB, Agarwal J, Pannucci CJ (2021). Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Microvascular Surgery Patients Using Weight-Based Unfractionated Heparin Infusions. J Reconstr Microsurg, 38(5), 395-401. ()
- Mendenhall SD, Graham EM, Anderson LA, Ying J, Liu T, Agarwal JP (2022). Impact of Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy on Inflammatory Response, Neovascularization, and Capsule Formation of Acellular Dermal Matrix in Breast Reconstruction: Analysis of the BREASTrial Biopsy Specimens. Plast Reconstr Surg, 149(3), 378e-385e. ()
- Mendenhall SD, Lutfy J, Graham E, Overschmidt B, Levin LS, Neumeister MW (2019). Technique for Rapid Hand Transplant Donor Procurement Through the Elbow. Hand (N Y), 16(3), 391-396. ()
- Pannucci CJ, Fleming KI, Bertolaccini C, Agarwal J, Rockwell WB, Mendenhall SD, Kwok A, Goodwin I, Gociman B, Momeni A (2021). Optimal Dosing of Prophylactic Enoxaparin after Surgical Procedures: Results of the Double-Blind, Randomized, Controlled FIxed or Variable Enoxaparin (FIVE) Trial. Plast Reconstr Surg, 147(4), 947-958. ()
- Graham EM, Hendrycks R, Baschuk CM, Atkins DJ, Keizer L, Duncan CC, Mendenhall SD (2020). Restoring Form and Function to the Partial Hand Amputee: Prosthetic Options from the Fingertip to the Palm. Hand Clin, 37(1), 167-187. ()
- Gandhi RA, Mendenhall SD, Severance G, Levy TJ, Ben-Amotz O, Levin LS (2020). Measuring Functional Outcomes After Bilateral Vascularized Composite Hand Allotransplantation: A聽Report of 3 Cases. J Hand Surg Am, 45(12), 1123-1133. ()
- Mendenhall SD, Brown S, Ben-Amotz O, Neumeister MW, Levin LS (2018). Building a Hand and Upper Extremity Transplantation Program: Lessons Learned From the First 20 Years of Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation. Hand (N Y), 15(2), 224-233. ()
- Mendenhall SD, Sawyer JD, West BL, Neumeister MW, Shaked A, Levin LS (2019). Pediatric vascularized composite allotransplantation: What is the landscape for obtaining appropriate donors in the United States? Pediatr Transplant, 23(5), e13466. ()
- Lutfy J, Pietak A, Mendenhall SD, Neumeister MW (2018). Clinical Application of Mathematical Long Bone Ratios to Calculate Appropriate Donor Limb Lengths in Bilateral Upper Limb Transplantation. Hand (N Y), 14(4), 523-529. ()
- Gittings DJ, Mendenhall SD, Levin LS (2019). A Decade of Progress Toward Establishing Regional Hand Trauma Centers in the United States. Hand Clin, 35(2), 103-108. ()
- Gittings DJ, Mendenhall SD, Ben-Amotz O, Mirrer JT, Hardaker WM, Levin LS (2018). Preparation is the Only Shortcut You Need in Surgery: A Guide to Surgical Rehearsals for Hand and Upper Extremity Transplantation. Tech Hand Up Extrem Surg, 22(4), 137-140. ()
- Mendenhall SD, Ginnetti MT, Sawyer JD, Verhulst SJ, West BL, Levin LS, Neumeister MW (2018). Prevalence and Distribution of Potential Vascularized Composite Allotransplant Donors, Implications for Optimizing the Donor-recipient Match. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open, 6(6), e1833. ()
- Mendenhall SD, Ben-Amotz O, Mirrer JT, Mehta S, Glaser DL, Levin LS (June 2018). All Hope is Not Lost: Saving Limbs with the Orthoplastic Approach. 人妻中出视频 of Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Journal, 28, 78-80.
- Feng S, Mendenhall SD, Ben-Amotz O, Mirrer JT, Zapolsky IJ, Levin LS (June 2018). Hand Transplantation in the Rat: Technical Refinements of the Rat Forelimb Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation Model. 人妻中出视频 of Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Journal, 29, 81-82.
- Mendenhall SD, Schmucker RW, Daugherty THF, Kottwitz KM, Reichensperger JD, Koirala J, Cederna PS, Neumeister MW (2017). A Microbiological and Ultrastructural Comparison of Aseptic versus Sterile Acellular Dermal Matrix as a Reconstructive Material and a Scaffold for Stem Cell Ingrowth. Plast Reconstr Surg, 140(1), 97-108. ()
- Mendenhall SD, Anderson LA, Ying J, Boucher KM, Neumayer LA, Agarwal JP (2017). The BREASTrial Stage II: ADM Breast Reconstruction Outcomes from Definitive Reconstruction to 3 Months Postoperative. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open, 5(1), e1209. ()
- Mendenhall SD, Schmucker RW, De la Garza M, Levin LS, Neumeister MW (2015). Osteosynthesis in Forearm Transplantation Using a Novel Ulnar-Shortening Osteotomy System for Simultaneous Both Bone Fixation. Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation, 2(3), 53-9.
- Schmucker RW, Mendenhall SD, Reichensperger JD, Yang M, Neumeister MW (2015). Defining the Salvage Time Window for the Use of Ischemic Postconditioning in Skeletal Muscle Ischemia Reperfusion Injury. J Reconstr Microsurg, 31(8), 597-606. ()
- Mendenhall SD, Anderson LA, Ying J, Boucher KM, Liu T, Neumayer LA, Agarwal JP (2015). The BREASTrial: stage I. Outcomes from the time of tissue expander and acellular dermal matrix placement to definitive reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg, 135(1), 29e-42e. ()
- Agarwal JP, Mendenhall SD, Anderson LA, Ying J, Boucher KM, Liu T, Neumayer LA (2015). The breast reconstruction evaluation of acellular dermal matrix as a sling trial (BREASTrial): design and methods of a prospective randomized trial. Plast Reconstr Surg, 135(1), 20e-28e. ()
- Shea JE, Garlick JW, Salama ME, Mendenhall SD, Moran LA, Agarwal JP (2014). Side-to-side nerve bridges reduce muscle atrophy after peripheral nerve injury in a rodent model. J Surg Res, 187(1), 350-8. ()
- Agarwal JP, Mendenhall SD, Hopkins PN (2014). Medical student perceptions of plastic surgeons as hand surgery specialists. Ann Plast Surg, 72(1), 89-93. ()
- Agarwal JP, Mendenhall SD, Moran LA, Hopkins PN (2013). Medical student perceptions of the scope of plastic and reconstructive surgery. Ann Plast Surg, 70(3), 343-9. ()
- Skedros JG, Kiser CJ, Mendenhall SD (2011). A weighted osteon morphotype score outperforms regional osteon percent prevalence calculations for interpreting cortical bone adaptation. Am J Phys Anthropol, 144(1), 41-50. ()
- Agarwal CA, Mendenhall SD 3rd, Foreman KB, Owsley JQ (2010). The course of the frontal branch of the facial nerve in relation to fascial planes: an anatomic study. Plast Reconstr Surg, 125(2), 532-537. ()
- Skedros JG, Mendenhall SD, Kiser CJ, Winet H (2009). Interpreting cortical bone adaptation and load history by quantifying osteon morphotypes in circularly polarized light images. Bone, 44(3), 392-403. ()
Review
- Khabyeh-Hasbani N, Lu YH, Baumgartner W, Mendenhall SD, Koehler SM (2024). Contemporary Management of the Upper Limb in Apert Syndrome: A Review. [Review]. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open, 12(8), e6067. ()
- Patel V, Nguyen NP, Brown N, Mendenhall SD, Zoga AC, Nguyen JC (2024). Return to Play in Youth Athletes: Role of the Radiologist with Focus on the Upper Extremity. [Review]. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol, 28(2), 180-192. ()
- Patel NK, Toyoda Y, Grunzweig KA, Shah AS, Mendenhall SD (2023). Recent Advancements in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Congenital Hand Differences. [Review]. J Am Acad Orthop Surg, 31(15), 766-782. ()
- Patel NK, Tipps JA, Bartlett SP, Kovach SJ 3rd, Levin LS, Mendenhall SD (2023). Expanding Indications of the Medial Femoral Condyle Free Flap: Systematic Review in Head and Neck Reconstruction. [Review]. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open, 11(4), e4925. ()
- Mendenhall SD, Ben-Amotz O, Gandhi RA, Levin LS (2019). A Review on the Orthoplastic Approach to Lower Limb Reconstruction. [Review]. Indian J Plast Surg, 52(1), 17-25. ()
- Lyons DA, Mendenhall SD, Neumeister MW, Cederna PS, Momoh AO (2016). Aseptic versus Sterile Acellular Dermal Matrices in Breast Reconstruction: An Updated Review. [Review]. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open, 4(7), e823. ()
Book Chapter
- Mendenhall SD, Levy TJ, Amaral S, Chang B, Levin LS (2023). Hand Transplantation in Children. In Pajardi G (Ed.), Pediatric Hand Surgery (pp. 353-365). Springer, Cham.
- Reed ER, Wright TJ, Tattini M, Mendenhall SD (2023). Reconstruction of the Hand and Nail Unit after Mohs Surgery. In David H. Ciocon, Yoon-Soo Cindy Bae (Eds.), Procedural Dermatology Volume I: Reconstruction: Postresidency and Fellowship Compendium (pp. 146-159). Georg Thieme Verlag.
- Amotz OB, Mendenhall SD, Wink J, Levin LS (2021). Wrist Pathology. In Farhadieh, R (Eds.), Plastic Surgery Principles and Practice (2nd). Elsevier.
- Kruger EA, Ben-Amotz O, Mendenhall SD, Kovach SJ, Levin LS (2021). Microsurgical Reconstruction for the Mangled Limb. In Pensy RA, Ingari JV (Eds.), The Mangled Extremity: Evaluation and Management (1st). Springer.
- Mendenhall SD, Zelenski NA, Ben-Amotz O, Kovach SJ, Levin LS (2020). Orthopaedic Evaluation of the Lower Extremity and the Concept of the Orthoplastic Approach. In Hong JP, Hallock GG (Eds.), Lower Extremity Reconstruction: A Practical Guide. Thieme.
- Severance G, Walsh L, Levy TJ, Mendenhall SD, Levin LS (2020). Hand and upper extremity transplantation: Surgical and therapy management. In Levin LS, Severance G, evy TJ, Mendenhall SD, Walsh L (Eds.), Rehabilitation of the Hand and Upper Extremity (7th Edition). Elsevier.
Case Report
- Patel NK, Tipps JA, Graham EM, Taylor JA, Mendenhall SD (2022). Reconstruction of a Near-total Scalp Avulsion with NovoSorb Biodegradable Temporizing Matrix: Pediatric Case Report. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open, 10(12), e4717. ()
- Graham EM, Arbon J, Baschuk CM, Duncan A, Mendenhall SD (2022). Making the Best of a Bad Situation: Case Report of a Nonreplantable Four-finger Amputation with Flap Coverage and Partial Hand Prosthesis Utilization. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open, 10(4), e4253. ()
- Graham EM, Hilton J, Anderson S, Mendenhall SD (2022). Free fibula flap thumb salvage after a gunshot wound: case report emphasizing the orthoplastic approach. . Orthoplastic Surgery, 7: 19-24.
- Pires GR, Moss WD, Ormiston LD, Baschuk CM, Mendenhall SD (2021). Targeted Muscle Reinnervation in Children: A Case Report and Brief Overview of the Literature. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open, 9(12), e3986. ()
- Kruger EA, Ben-Amotz O, Mendenhall SD, Levin LS (2018). The Chimeric Myo-Osseous Medial Femoral Condyle Flap for Tibial Nonunion: A Case Report. Eplasty, 18, e23. ()
- Ruebhausen MR, Mendenhall SD, Neumeister MW, Berry NN (2017). Postsurgical Pyoderma Gangrenosum Following Carpal Tunnel Release: A Rare Disease Following a Common Surgery. Eplasty, 17, e10. ()
- Mendenhall SD, Sawyer JD, Adkinson JM (2016). Artery-Only Ear Replantation in a Child: A Case Report With Daily Photographic Documentation. Eplasty, 16, e39. ()
- Skedros JG, Kiser CJ, Mendenhall SD (2011). Prolonged Dyspnea after Interscalene Block: Attributed to Undiagnosed Addison's Disease and Myasthenia Gravis. Case Rep Med, 2011, 968181. ()
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