Background: Among all studies describing COVID-19 clinical features during the first wave of the pandemic, only a few retrospective studies have assessed the correlation between olfac-tory dysfunction (OD) and the evolution of disease severity. The main aim was to assess whether OD is a predictive factor of COVID-19 severity based on the patient's medical management (outpa-tient care, standard hospital admission, and ICU admission).
Methods: A national, prospective, mul-ticenter cohort study was conducted in 20 public hospitals and a public center for COVID-19 screen-ing.
Osteocutaneous flap (OCF) mandible reconstruction is at high risk for surgical site infection. This study aimed to describe diagnosis, management, and outcome of OCF-related osteomyelitis. All patients managed at our institution for an OCF-related osteomyelitis following mandible reconstruction were included in a retrospective cohort study (2012-2019).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Numerous techniques for closure of the anterior skull base in cancer patients have a high success rate but management of failure is poorly documented.
Objectives: To standardize the post-operative follow-up after reconstruction surgery of the anterior skull base after removal for sinonasal carcinoma.
Materials And Methods: Retrospective review of failure of anterior skull base reconstruction between 2005 and 2018 in a multicenter setting.
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is an uncommon neoplasm most frequently seen in the abdomino-pelvic region and lungs of children and young adults. Laryngeal tumors are rare. We present a case of a 23-year-old patient with a 5 month history of laryngitis and aphonia unresolved by corticotherapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTPF (docetaxel, cisplatin, fluorouracil) is the standard chemotherapy used for induction in locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (LAHNSCC). Its toxicity limits it to younger patients with good functional status and without significant comorbidity. Since modified TPF (mTPF) demonstrated higher tolerability with similar efficacy in gastric cancer, we tested this scheme on frail patients.
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November 2015
To assess the contribution of multidisciplinary team meetings (MTM) on vestibular schwannoma management as well as to (1) compare professional compliance to national guidelines and (2) study the percentage of loss to follow-up in cases of conservative management by radiologic observation. A retrospective descriptive study of MTMs held between January 2011 and May 2013 in a tertiary referral center. Patients were classified in three groups according to the MTM decision (observation, surgery or radiotherapy).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective. To analyze the functional impact of the various possible treatments of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas to find the main prognostic factors of dysphagia induced by these treatments. Patients.
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