Shaun D. Mendenhall
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Shaun D. Mendenhall, MD

Languages spoken: English, Spanish

Clinical Locations

Primary Children's Hospital

Pediatric Plastic Surgery
Salt Lake City
801-581-7719

Primary Children's Hospital - Lehi

Pediatric Plastic Surgery
Lehi
801-581-7719

University of Utah Hospital

Plastic Surgery, Area E
Salt Lake City
801-581-7719

  • Shaun D. Mendenhall, MD, specializes in all aspects of pediatric hand and upper-extremity surgery, including reconstruction after congenital differences, injuries, trauma, tumors, spasticity, limb loss, or paralysis. In addition, he performs microvascular reconstruction of the upper and lower extremities after major injuries or tumors, which involves transferring tissue from one part of the body to another via microsurgery. Dr. Mendenhall also treats adults after hand and extremity trauma, or arthritis-related conditions. Dr. Mendenhall has expertise in treating peripheral nerve conditions of the arms or legs, including nerve injuries, nerve lacerations, brachial plexus birth palsy, and viral-induced paralysis.

    Neuromuscular Surgical Specialty

    Dr. Mendenhall is passionate about helping children who suffer from neuromuscular conditions that cause severe muscle tightness (spasticity) in their upper and lower extremities, such as cerebral palsy, pediatric stroke, traumatic brain injuries, and spinal cord injuries. He utilizes a combination of nerve surgeries (selective neurectomy) and tendon, muscle, and joint procedures to address spasticity and increase the function of the tight arm, hand, fingers, and lower limbs. Dr. Mendenhall works closely with Pediatric Orthopaedics, Neurosurgery, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation to maximize the outcomes of these children through a team-based approach.

    Digit and Limb Loss

    Whether it is a child born without a limb or a person who has lost a finger, hand, or leg due to trauma or cancer, Dr. Mendenhall offers surgical treatments such as stump revisions, targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR), and regenerative peripheral nerve interfaces (RPNI), which can make fitting a prosthesis easier, less painful and more functional. He has a special interest in helping older children and adults with loss of fingers, thumb, or part of the hand get fitted with partial hand prostheses. He is actively engaged in studying the outcomes of this unique treatment for partial hand and digit loss.

    Recognitions and Awards

    In 2018, Dr. Mendenhall received the F. William Bora Jr., MD, Excellence in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery Award, named after a pioneering hand surgeon at the University of Pennsylvania. This award is given annually to a resident or fellow with significant contributions to the hand surgery literature. In 2019, he was nationally recognized by the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) with selection for the Young Leaders program. In 2021 and 2023, Dr. Mendenhall's research was highlighted with the Joseph H. Boyes Award for best paper at the Residents and Fellows Conference of the ASSH and the Outstanding Paper Award at the annual meeting of the American Association for Surgery of the Hand (AAHS), respectively. Recently Dr. Mendenhall received the Service Excellence Award along with a donation toward his research by the Healthnetwork Foundation for exemplary care of severely injured children.

    Areas of Research

    Dr. Mendenhall has a wide range of scientific research interests, including:

    • Improving pediatric and adult hand surgery techniques and outcomes
    • Studying innovative solutions for common hand surgery problems, such as how to improve hand tendon repair using a novel stapler device instead of hand sewing tendons
    • Use of synthetic skin substitutes for soft tissue reconstruction of the hand and extremities
    • Hand transplantation (vascularized composite allotransplantation)
    • Outcomes of partial hand prostheses
    • Anatomic studies of novel surgical procedures
    • Student and resident surgical education

    Background and Education

    After graduating with honors in surgery from the U of U School of Medicine, Dr. Mendenhall completed an Integrated Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery residency at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, where he received numerous teaching awards and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha honors medical society. Following his passion for hand surgery, he completed an Orthopaedic Hand and Microvascular Surgery fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine. As a hand surgery fellow, Dr. Mendenhall spent significant time at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Shriners Hospital for Children, where he fell in love with pediatric hand surgery. His training with world-renowned hand, nerve, and microvascular surgeons at these institutions has enabled him to tackle the most complex pediatric conditions in his practice. Following this specialized training, he spent his first three years in practice here at the University of Utah and Primary Children's Hospital, then went on to focus entirely on care for children at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for three years before returning home to Utah to bring his expertise back to the mountain west.

    Goals and Outcomes

    Dr. Mendenhall strives to help children and adults recover well from hand or extremity conditions in order to quickly return to doing what they love. He strives to not only help them regain as much function and confidence as possible but also to have an improved appearance.

    Activities and Hobbies

    Outside of his work, Dr. Mendenhall enjoys spending time with his wife and three children. As a family they enjoy outdoor activities including baseball, golf, camping, and boating. Due to their time in Philadelphia, they are avid Phillies fans and try to catch as many games as possible. He and his wife have become foodies, and love bringing people together for good food both at home and out on the town. Some of Dr. Mendenhall’s favorite pastimes include home improvement projects, cooking BBQ, and playing the drums.

    Comprehensive List of Conditions and Procedures

    • Amniotic band syndrome
    • Amputation revision (upper and lower extremity)
    • Apert’s hand (complex syndactyly)
    • Benign skin lesions of extremities
    • Bone nonunion repair
    • Bone reconstruction including vascularized bone transfer
    • Brachial plexus birth injury
    • Burns or burn scars of hand and extremities
    • Cerebral palsy (hand, upper extremity, lower extremity)
    • Compression neuropathy (carpal tunnel, cubital tunnel, Guyon’s canal, radial tunnel, and pronator tunnel syndromes)
    • De Quervain’s tenosynovitis
    • Distal radius fractures
    • Epidermolysis bullosa of hands (scar syndactyly/contractures)
    • Exposed hardware of upper and lower extremities
    • Finger fractures
    • Free flap reconstruction of extremities
    • Free functional muscle transfer
    • Ganglion of wrist and hand
    • Hand and finger fractures
    • Hand infections
    • Hand trauma
    • Hand tumors/masses/ganglions
    • Hypoplasia of thumb or hand
    • Limb salvage (upper and lower extremity)
    • Lipomas
    • Lower-extremity reconstruction (trauma/cancer)
    • Nail-bed injury or deformity (hand)
    • Nerve injury/reconstruction (upper and lower extremities)
    • Nerve transfers
    • Neuroma
    • Peripheral nerve surgery
    • Pollicization (index to thumb transfer)
    • Polydactyly, polysyndactyly of fingers and toes
    • Radial club hand, radial and ulnar longitudinal deficiency
    • Raynaud’s phenomenon
    • Regenerative peripheral nerve interface (RPNI)
    • Pediatric rheumatoid arthritis
    • Scaphoid non-union repair
    • Scar revision of hand
    • Selective neurectomy for spasticity
    • Skin cancer of extremities (including melanoma)
    • Spasticity conditions of upper and lower extremity (cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, stroke, tetraplegia)
    • Symbrachydactyly
    • Syndactyly (fingers and toes)
    • Targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR)
    • Tendon transfer/Injury
    • Tetraplegic hand surgery
    • TFCC tear
    • Thoracic outlet syndrome
    • Thumb hypoplasia
    • Trigger thumb or finger
    • Wounds of extremities
    • Wrist arthroscopy
    • Wrist fractures and dislocations
    • Wrist pain

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Plastic Surgery
    American Board of Plastic Surgery (Sub: Hand Surgery)

  • Shaun D. Mendenhall, MD, specializes in all aspects of pediatric hand and upper-extremity surgery, including reconstruction after congenital differences, injuries, trauma, tumors, spasticity, limb loss, or paralysis. In addition, he performs microvascular reconstruction of the upper and lower extremities after major injuries or tumors, which involves transferring tissue from one part of the body to another via microsurgery. Dr. Mendenhall also treats adults after hand and extremity trauma, or arthritis-related conditions. Dr. Mendenhall has expertise in treating peripheral nerve conditions of the arms or legs, including nerve injuries, nerve lacerations, brachial plexus birth palsy, and viral-induced paralysis.

    Neuromuscular Surgical Specialty

    Dr. Mendenhall is passionate about helping children who suffer from neuromuscular conditions that cause severe muscle tightness (spasticity) in their upper and lower extremities, such as cerebral palsy, pediatric stroke, traumatic brain injuries, and spinal cord injuries. He utilizes a combination of nerve surgeries (selective neurectomy) and tendon, muscle, and joint procedures to address spasticity and increase the function of the tight arm, hand, fingers, and lower limbs. Dr. Mendenhall works closely with Pediatric Orthopaedics, Neurosurgery, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation to maximize the outcomes of these children through a team-based approach.

    Digit and Limb Loss

    Whether it is a child born without a limb or a person who has lost a finger, hand, or leg due to trauma or cancer, Dr. Mendenhall offers surgical treatments such as stump revisions, targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR), and regenerative peripheral nerve interfaces (RPNI), which can make fitting a prosthesis easier, less painful and more functional. He has a special interest in helping older children and adults with loss of fingers, thumb, or part of the hand get fitted with partial hand prostheses. He is actively engaged in studying the outcomes of this unique treatment for partial hand and digit loss.

    Recognitions and Awards

    In 2018, Dr. Mendenhall received the F. William Bora Jr., MD, Excellence in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery Award, named after a pioneering hand surgeon at the University of Pennsylvania. This award is given annually to a resident or fellow with significant contributions to the hand surgery literature. In 2019, he was nationally recognized by the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) with selection for the Young Leaders program. In 2021 and 2023, Dr. Mendenhall's research was highlighted with the Joseph H. Boyes Award for best paper at the Residents and Fellows Conference of the ASSH and the Outstanding Paper Award at the annual meeting of the American Association for Surgery of the Hand (AAHS), respectively. Recently Dr. Mendenhall received the Service Excellence Award along with a donation toward his research by the Healthnetwork Foundation for exemplary care of severely injured children.

    Areas of Research

    Dr. Mendenhall has a wide range of scientific research interests, including:

    • Improving pediatric and adult hand surgery techniques and outcomes
    • Studying innovative solutions for common hand surgery problems, such as how to improve hand tendon repair using a novel stapler device instead of hand sewing tendons
    • Use of synthetic skin substitutes for soft tissue reconstruction of the hand and extremities
    • Hand transplantation (vascularized composite allotransplantation)
    • Outcomes of partial hand prostheses
    • Anatomic studies of novel surgical procedures
    • Student and resident surgical education

    Background and Education

    After graduating with honors in surgery from the U of U School of Medicine, Dr. Mendenhall completed an Integrated Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery residency at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, where he received numerous teaching awards and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha honors medical society. Following his passion for hand surgery, he completed an Orthopaedic Hand and Microvascular Surgery fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine. As a hand surgery fellow, Dr. Mendenhall spent significant time at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Shriners Hospital for Children, where he fell in love with pediatric hand surgery. His training with world-renowned hand, nerve, and microvascular surgeons at these institutions has enabled him to tackle the most complex pediatric conditions in his practice. Following this specialized training, he spent his first three years in practice here at the University of Utah and Primary Children's Hospital, then went on to focus entirely on care for children at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for three years before returning home to Utah to bring his expertise back to the mountain west.

    Goals and Outcomes

    Dr. Mendenhall strives to help children and adults recover well from hand or extremity conditions in order to quickly return to doing what they love. He strives to not only help them regain as much function and confidence as possible but also to have an improved appearance.

    Activities and Hobbies

    Outside of his work, Dr. Mendenhall enjoys spending time with his wife and three children. As a family they enjoy outdoor activities including baseball, golf, camping, and boating. Due to their time in Philadelphia, they are avid Phillies fans and try to catch as many games as possible. He and his wife have become foodies, and love bringing people together for good food both at home and out on the town. Some of Dr. Mendenhall’s favorite pastimes include home improvement projects, cooking BBQ, and playing the drums.

    Comprehensive List of Conditions and Procedures

    • Amniotic band syndrome
    • Amputation revision (upper and lower extremity)
    • Apert’s hand (complex syndactyly)
    • Benign skin lesions of extremities
    • Bone nonunion repair
    • Bone reconstruction including vascularized bone transfer
    • Brachial plexus birth injury
    • Burns or burn scars of hand and extremities
    • Cerebral palsy (hand, upper extremity, lower extremity)
    • Compression neuropathy (carpal tunnel, cubital tunnel, Guyon’s canal, radial tunnel, and pronator tunnel syndromes)
    • De Quervain’s tenosynovitis
    • Distal radius fractures
    • Epidermolysis bullosa of hands (scar syndactyly/contractures)
    • Exposed hardware of upper and lower extremities
    • Finger fractures
    • Free flap reconstruction of extremities
    • Free functional muscle transfer
    • Ganglion of wrist and hand
    • Hand and finger fractures
    • Hand infections
    • Hand trauma
    • Hand tumors/masses/ganglions
    • Hypoplasia of thumb or hand
    • Limb salvage (upper and lower extremity)
    • Lipomas
    • Lower-extremity reconstruction (trauma/cancer)
    • Nail-bed injury or deformity (hand)
    • Nerve injury/reconstruction (upper and lower extremities)
    • Nerve transfers
    • Neuroma
    • Peripheral nerve surgery
    • Pollicization (index to thumb transfer)
    • Polydactyly, polysyndactyly of fingers and toes
    • Radial club hand, radial and ulnar longitudinal deficiency
    • Raynaud’s phenomenon
    • Regenerative peripheral nerve interface (RPNI)
    • Pediatric rheumatoid arthritis
    • Scaphoid non-union repair
    • Scar revision of hand
    • Selective neurectomy for spasticity
    • Skin cancer of extremities (including melanoma)
    • Spasticity conditions of upper and lower extremity (cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, stroke, tetraplegia)
    • Symbrachydactyly
    • Syndactyly (fingers and toes)
    • Targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR)
    • Tendon transfer/Injury
    • Tetraplegic hand surgery
    • TFCC tear
    • Thoracic outlet syndrome
    • Thumb hypoplasia
    • Trigger thumb or finger
    • Wounds of extremities
    • Wrist arthroscopy
    • Wrist fractures and dislocations
    • Wrist pain

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Surgery -Primary
    Academic Divisions Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
    Board Certification
    American Board of Plastic Surgery
    American Board of Plastic Surgery (Sub: Hand Surgery)

    Education history

    Fellowship Orthopaedic Hand & Microvascular Surgery - University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine Fellow
    Integrated Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Resident
    Professional Medical Medicine; with Honors in Surgery - University of Utah School of Medicine M.D.
    Major: Biology; Minor: Chemistry; Undergraduate Research Scholar Distinction - University of Utah B.A.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. 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. (Read full article)
    2. 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.
    3. 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. (Read full article)
    4. 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. (Read full article)
    5. 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. (Read full article)
    6. 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).
    7. 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. (Read full article)
    8. 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. (Read full article)
    9. 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. (Read full article)
    10. 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. (Read full article)
    11. 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. (Read full article)
    12. 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.
    13. 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. (Read full article)
    14. 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. (Read full article)
    15. 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. (Read full article)
    16. 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. (Read full article)
    17. 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. (Read full article)
    18. 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. (Read full article)
    19. 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. (Read full article)
    20. 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. (Read full article)
    21. 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. (Read full article)
    22. 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. (Read full article)
    23. Gandhi RA, Mendenhall SD, Severance G, Levy TJ, Ben-Amotz O, Levin LS (2020). Measuring Functional Outcomes After Bilateral Vascularized Composite Hand Allotransplantation: A Report of 3 Cases. J Hand Surg Am, 45(12), 1123-1133. (Read full article)
    24. 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. (Read full article)
    25. 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. (Read full article)
    26. 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. (Read full article)
    27. 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. (Read full article)
    28. 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. (Read full article)
    29. 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. (Read full article)
    30. 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. University of Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Journal, 28, 78-80.
    31. 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. University of Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Journal, 29, 81-82.
    32. 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. (Read full article)
    33. 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. (Read full article)
    34. 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.
    35. 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. (Read full article)
    36. 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. (Read full article)
    37. 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. (Read full article)
    38. 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. (Read full article)
    39. Agarwal JP, Mendenhall SD, Hopkins PN (2014). Medical student perceptions of plastic surgeons as hand surgery specialists. Ann Plast Surg, 72(1), 89-93. (Read full article)
    40. 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. (Read full article)
    41. 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. (Read full article)
    42. 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. (Read full article)
    43. 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. (Read full article)

    Review

    1. 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. (Read full article)
    2. 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. (Read full article)
    3. 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. (Read full article)
    4. 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. (Read full article)
    5. 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. (Read full article)
    6. 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. (Read full article)

    Book Chapter

    1. 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.
    2. 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.
    3. Amotz OB, Mendenhall SD, Wink J, Levin LS (2021). Wrist Pathology. In Farhadieh, R (Eds.), Plastic Surgery Principles and Practice (2nd). Elsevier.
    4. 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.
    5. 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.
    6. 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

    1. 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. (Read full article)
    2. 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. (Read full article)
    3. 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.
    4. 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. (Read full article)
    5. 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. (Read full article)
    6. 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. (Read full article)
    7. Mendenhall SD, Sawyer JD, Adkinson JM (2016). Artery-Only Ear Replantation in a Child: A Case Report With Daily Photographic Documentation. Eplasty, 16, e39. (Read full article)
    8. 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. (Read full article)

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