Wissenswertes

Auszeichnungen:

2018: Paracelsus Wissenschaftspreis in Bronze

2019: Paracelsus Wissenschaftspreis in Silber

2021: Hologic Wissenschaftspreis der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Senologie

Reviewertätigkeit in wissenschaftlichen Journalen:

  • Reviewer im Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (JPRAS ® Journal)
  • Reviewer im Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS®)
  • Reviewer im Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Reviewer im Journal “Diagnostics”

Wissenschaftliche Vorträge:

2013:
Jahrestagung ÖGPÄRC 2013:

An Easy and Novel Method of Preoperative Laser-Assisted Marking for Body Lift Procedures

 

2015:

Bozner Symposium für plastische Chirurgie: Facial reconstruction with a unique osteomyocutaneous DCIA perforator flap variant: a case report

 

2016:

Mayo Clinic‐Chang Gung Reconstructive Surgery Symposium: Reconstructive microsurgical approach in treatment of pyoderma Gangrenosum

 

Jahrestagung ÖGPÄRC 2016 :

Die medial horizontale Oberschenkelstraffung

Ergebnisanalyse, Vorteile, Nachteile, Indikation

Mikrochirurgisch rekonstruktiver Ansatz zur Behandlung des Pyoderma Gangränosum

 

2017:

Jahrestagung der österreichischen Gesellschaft für Handchirurgie :

Massivste Nervenkompression bei KTS ein eindrucksvoller Fallbericht

 

Jahrestagung ÖGPÄRC 2017:

Die offene Dekompression des Nervus cutaneus femoris lateralis in der Behandlung der Meralgia parestethica

 

2018:

Bozner Symposium für plastische Chirurgie: Surgical decompression of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN) for Meralgia paresthetica treatment: experimental or state of the art? A single center outcome analysis

 

Jahrestagung der österreichischen Gesellschaft für Handchirurgie 2018:

Trigger finger caused by extraskeletal chondroma

 

2019:

Jahrestagung der österreichischen Gesellschaft für Handchirurgie: Freie Lappenplastiken zur Defektdeckung nach Sehnenrekonstruktion             am Handrücken:  funktionelle und ästhetische Aspekte

 

Jahrestagung ÖGPÄRC 2019:

Vergleich des peri- und postoperativen Outcomes bei doppelter, gleichzeitiger, autologer Brustrekonstruktion mittels DIEP- oder TMG- Lappenplastik

 

2020: 

Jahrestagung ÖGPÄRC 2020:

– Die (verspätete) Behandlung der proximalen Radialisläsion.

– Langzeitergebnisse bei Behandlung des Poland Syndroms mittels funktionellem, transversen Muskulus Gracilis Lappen (TMG) bei Männern

Wissenschaftliche Publikationen:

  1. Schwaiger K, Pumberger P, Wimbauer J, Russe E, Schaffler G, Wechselberger G. Operative Dekompression des Nervus cutaneus femoris lateralis : Behandlung der Meralgia paraesthetica [Decompression of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve of the thigh : Treatment of meralgia paresthetica]. Oper Orthop Traumatol. 2021 Nov 5. German. doi: 10.1007/s00064-021-00747-2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34739548.
  2. Mandal P, Russe E, Schwaiger K, Wechselberger G, Feigl G; Anatomical analysis of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve and its passage beneath the inguinal ligament. PLAST RECONSTR SURG. Article Accepted for Publication
  3. COVIDSurg Collaborative; GlobalSurg Collaborative. Effects of pre-operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia. 2021 Nov;76(11):1454-1464. doi: 10.1111/anae.15560. Epub 2021 Aug 9. PMID: 34371522.
  4. COVIDSurg Collaborative; GlobalSurg Collaborative. Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia. 2021 Jun;76(6):748-758. doi: 10.1111/anae.15458. Epub 2021 Mar 9. PMID: 33690889.
  5. Weitgasser L, Mahrhofer M, Schwaiger K, Bachleitner K, Russe E, Wechselberger G, Schoeller T. Lessons Learned from 30 Years of Transverse Myocutaneous Gracilis Flap Breast Reconstruction: Historical Appraisal and Review of the Present Literature and 300 Cases. J Clin Med. 2021 Aug 17;10(16):3629. doi: 10.3390/jcm10163629. PMID: 34441926; PMCID: PMC8396873.
  6. Schwaiger, K.; Weitgasser, L.; Mahrhofer, M.; Bachleitner, K.; Abed, S.; Wimbauer, J.; Russe, E.; Schoeller, T.; Wechselberger, G. Age and Overweight Are Not Contraindications for a Breast Reconstruction with a TMG-Flap—A Risk and Complication Analysis of a Retrospective Double Center Study Including 300 Patients.  Clin. Med.2021, 10, 926. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10050926
  7. Wechselberger G, Buben P, Schwaiger K. Correspondence to the article: „Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for large composite grafts: An alternative in Pediatric Facial Reconstruction“ by Camison et al., Published in JPRAS (J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2020 Dec;73(12):2178-2184). J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2021 Mar 13:S1748-6815(21)00073-5. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2021.02.003. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33762173.
  8. COVIDSurg Collaborative; GlobalSurg Collaborative. SARS-CoV-2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia. 2021 Aug 24. doi: 10.1111/anae.15563. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34428858.
  9. Metzler J, Morandi EM, Schwaiger K, Wolfram D, Cakl T, Djedovic G, Bauer T, Pierer G, Wechselberger G, Tasch C. Ski- and snowboard related open peroneal nerve injury: A 20-year retrospective case series study. Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2021 Aug 11;69:102662. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2021.102662. PMID: 34429947; PMCID: PMC8371230.
  10. COVIDSurg Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative. SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study. Br J Surg. 2021 Mar 24:znab101. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znab101. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33761533; PMCID: PMC7995808.
  11. Schwaiger, K.; Abed, S.; Russe, E.; Koeninger, F.; Wimbauer, J.; Kholosy, H.; Hitzl, W.; Wechselberger, G. Management of Radial Nerve Lesions after Trauma or Iatrogenic Nerve Injury: Autologous Grafts and Neurolysis.  Clin. Med.2020, 9, 3823, https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9123823
  12. Weitgasser L, Schwaiger K, Medved F, Hamler F, Wechselberger G, Schoeller T. Bilateral Simultaneous Breast Reconstruction with DIEP- and TMG Flaps: Head to Head Comparison, Risk and Complication Analysis. J Clin Med. 2020;9(7):E2031. Published 2020 Jun 28. doi:10.3390/jcm9072031
  13. Wechselberger G., Schwaiger K. (2020) Transverse Upper Gracilis Flap in Breast Reconstruction. In: Mayer H. (eds) Breast Reconstruction. Springer, Cham, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34603-4_26
  14. Heinrich K, Pumberger P, Schwaiger K, Schaffler G, Hladik M, Wechselberger G. Operative Dekompression des Nervus peroneus auf Höhe des Fibulaköpfchens [Surgical decompression of the peroneal nerve at the level of the fibular head] [published online ahead of print, 2020 Feb 25]. Oper Orthop Traumatol. 2020;10.1007/s00064-020-00648-w. doi:10.1007/s00064-020-00648-w
  15. Russe, E; Wechselberger, G; Schwaiger, K; Heinrich, K; Hladik, M; Traintinger, H;
    Effects of Preoperative Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy on Scar Formation-A Pilot Study on 24 Subjects Undergoing Abdominoplasty Surgery. Lasers Surg Med. 2019;
  16. Schwaiger, K; Koeninger, F; Wimbauer, J; Heinrich, K; Gala-Kokalj, A; Wechselberger, G; Occult papillary thyroid cancer presenting as cystic metastasis of the lateral neck: A case report. Medicine (Baltimore). 2019; 98(30): e16659
  17. Wechselberger, G; Koeninger, F; Neureiter, J; Heinrich, K; Schwaiger, K;
    [Brachial plexus schwannoma as a reason for severest chronic shoulder pain, surgical management and follow up]. Handchir Mikrochir Plast Chir. 2019;
  18. Schwaiger, K; Neureiter, J; Neureiter, D; Hladik, M; Wechselberger, G; Hailey-Hailey Disease and Reduction Mammoplasty: Surgical Treatment of a Gene Mutation. Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2018; 42(1):331-332
  19. Schwaiger, K; Panzenbeck, P; Purschke, M; Russe, E; Kaplan, R; Heinrich, K; Mandal, P; Wechselberger, G; Surgical decompression of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN) for Meralgia paresthetica treatment: Experimental or state of the art? A single-center outcome analysis. Medicine (Baltimore). 2018; 97(33): e11914
  20. Schwaiger, K; Russe, E; Heinrich, K; Ensat, F; Steiner, G; Wechselberger, G; Hladik, M; Thighplasty: improving aesthetics through revival of the medial, horizontal procedure: A safe and scar-saving option. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2018; 71(4):585-589
  21. Schwaiger, K; Russe, E; Kholosy, H; Hladik, M; Heinrich, K; Weitgasser, L; Schoeller, T; Wechselberger, G; Reconstructive microsurgical approach for the treatment of pyoderma gangrenosum. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2018; 71(1): 44-52.
  22. Schwaiger, K; Tiede, S; Hitzl, W; Kaplan, R; DeMeyer, F; Heinrich, K; Hladik, M; Wechselberger, G; Russe, E; Minimizing the Short-term Reoperation Rate in Abdominoplasty Procedures by Prolonged Postoperative Immobilization. Obes Surg. 2018; 28(10):3253-3258
  23. Thuile, T; Larcher, L; Gatscher, B; Schwaiger, K; Deluca, J; Fallaha, A; Tappeiner, L; Puviani, M; Eisendle, K; Spalthauttransplantation zur Defektdeckung am Ohr: eine statistische Analyse. J Dtsch Dermatol Ges. 2018; 16(2): 163-173.
  24. Schwaiger, K; Ensat, F; Neurreiter, D; Wechselberger, G; Hladik, M; Trigger Finger Caused by Extraskeletal Chondroma. J Hand Surg Am. 2017; 42(1): e51-e55.
  25. Schwaiger, K; Russe, E; Hladik, M; Kaplan, R; DeMeyer, F; Heinrich, K; Zimmermann, V; Wechselberger, G; Simply Do Not Go Snowboarding 2 Weeks after Augmentation. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2017; 5(6): e1354
  26. Larcher, L; Eisendle, K; Schwaiger, K; Kaplan, R; Riml, S; Mattiassich, G; Ensat, F; Wechselberger, G; Lipomatosis of the mons pubis secondary to localized scleroderma (Morphea): first report of surgical management. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2016; 30(2):377-378
  27. Wechselberger, G; Schwaiger, K; Hachleitner, J; Oberascher, G; Ensat, F; Larcher, L ; Facial reconstruction with a unique osteomyocutaneous DCIA perforator flap variant: a case report. Eur Surg. 2016; 48:129-133
  28. Larcher, L; Schwaiger, K; Eisendle, K; Ensat, F; Heinrich, K; di Summa, P; Wechselberger, G; Aesthetic Breast Augmentation Mastopexy Followed by Post-surgical Pyoderma Gangrenosum (PSPG): Clinic, Treatment, and Review of the Literature. Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2015; 39(4): 506-513.
  29. Wechselberger, G; Schwaiger, K; Wolfram, D; Localized hypertrichosis after index finger revascularization and complex regional pain syndrome. Arch Plast Surg. 2014; 41(5): 603-604.
  30. Larcher, L; Schwaiger, K; Ensat, F; Wechselberger, G; Schubert, HM An Easy and Novel Method of Preoperative Laser-Assisted Marking for Body Lift Procedures
    PLAST RECONSTR SURG. 2013; 132(4): 693E-694E.