Selective Neck Dissection in Oral Cavity Cancer Is Not Without Morbidity.

The objective of this study is to analyze the morbidity of selective neck dissection (SND) in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OCSCC). This is a cross-sectional study of 106 consecutive patients with T1 and T2 (AJCC seventh edition) stage cancers. Morbidity in terms of scar characteristics, cervical lymphedema, sensation, shoulder dysfunction, and smile asymmetry were analyzed.

Facial artery-based islanded myomucosal and bone flaps in head and neck reconstruction.

This article aims to illustrate various applications of facial artery-based islanded myomucosal (iFAMM) and osseous/osteo-myomucosal flaps (iFOMM) in head and neck reconstruction. A retrospective analysis of 75 patients who underwent the reconstruction of various head and neck mucosal defects with iFAMM/iFOMM in a tertiary head and neck cancer department from May 2015 to May 2019 was performed. The patients had surgery for cancer, which involved the oral tongue, floor of mouth, oropharynx, lower alveolus, larynx, hypopharynx, cricopharynx and trachea.

Early Calcium Supplementation After Total Thyroidectomy Can Prevent Symptomatic Hypocalcemia - Findings from a Retrospective Study.

Introduction: Thyroidectomy for thyroid cancers and central neck dissection are considered as independent predictors of postoperative hypocalcemia. Post-surgical hypocalcemia is the most common and often the most difficult long-term consequence of thyroid surgeries. Management of hypocalcemia is done with calcium supplementation, but there is no consensus on the timing and the amount of calcium supplementation.

Validation of the eighth edition AJCC staging system in early T1 to T2 oral squamous cell carcinoma.

Background: To validate the newly proposed American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) eighth edition staging in early T1 and T2 oral cavity cancers and its effect in predicting tumour control.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of treatment outcomes of 441 T1 to T2 oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Overall survival (OS), disease-specific survival (DSS), and tumour control were calculated and compared between the AJCC 7 and 8 staging systems.

Role of adverse pathological features in surgically treated early oral cavity carcinomas with adequate margins and the development of a scoring system to predict local control.

Background: The purpose of this study was to determine the factors affecting local control in patients with T1N0 squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the tongue.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of 144 patients with pT1N0 SCC of the tongue who underwent wide excision and neck dissection without adjuvant therapy.

Results: The adverse pathological features associated with local control were least margin 5 mm (P = .

Implementing American Joint Committee on Cancer 8 edition for head-and-neck cancer in India: Context, feasibility, and practicality.

The American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) 8 edition marks a paradigm shift in the staging of head-and-neck cancers. It introduces several novel considerations into the staging of head-and-neck cancer, with distinct therapeutic ramifications, to stage and prognosticate patients better. In oral cancer, it introduces the depth of invasion as a determinant of T-stage.

Extent of Thyroidectomy in Differentiated Thyroid Cancers-Review of Evidence.

Differentiated thyroid cancers (DTC) are seen with increasing incidence in clinical practice. These tumours have good prognosis and the extent of surgery can be tailored to the size and pathological characteristics of the lesion. Historically total thyroidectomy was the recommended procedure for tumours >1 cm; however, current recommendations suggest a more conservative approach.