Publications by authors named "H C Cocks"
Objective: In this study, we reviewed the post-operative complications in parotidectomy and its association with various patient, tumour and surgical factors.
Methods: All parotidectomies performed in our regional unit between 2013 to 2020 were identified. Electronic medical record and clinic letters were reviewed for any post-operative complications.
Objective: During the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, ENT-UK recommended a move from face-to-face clinics to telephone appointments. This study reviewed the safety of telephone clinics for urgent two-week-wait cancer referrals.
Methods: Patients consulted in telephone clinics between April and November 2020 were identified from an electronic database.
Objective: Given the uncertainty regarding the predictive value of unilateral tonsillar enlargement and/or lesion in malignancies, this study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of unilateral tonsillar enlargement and/or lesion referral criterion in the adult suspected head and neck cancer pathway.
Methods: All two-week wait referrals received in 2018-2019 were reviewed. All patients referred with unilateral tonsillar enlargement and/or lesion were included and analysed for patient demographic data, presenting symptoms, initial clinic outcomes and final diagnoses.
Aim: Nationally, concern has been raised about the overuse of diagnostic testing. In patients with unilateral otalgia and no history of Head and Neck Cancer (HNC), 1% had a malignancy detected on imaging that was not detected on clinical examination.
Methods: We performed a retrospective review of "MRI soft tissue neck" scans performed at our hospital from May 2020 to May 2021.