Publications by authors named "Jodie L M Tham"
The treatment of head and neck cancers (HNCs) encompasses a complex paradigm involving a combination of surgery, radiotherapy, and systemic treatment. Locoregional recurrence is a common cause of treatment failure, and few patients are suitable for salvage surgery. Reirradiation with conventional radiation techniques is challenging due to normal tissue tolerance limits and the risk of significant toxicities.
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- TAVI is a treatment for severe aortic stenosis (AS), and this study evaluates differences between self-expandable valves (SEV) and balloon-expandable valves (BEV) in terms of procedural success and 30-day outcomes.
- A total of 151 patients were analyzed, finding similar procedural success rates but significantly higher complications like paravalvular aortic regurgitation, pacemaker insertion, and strokes in the SEV group compared to the BEV group.
- The study concludes that while mortality rates at 30 days are similar, SEV patients experience more complications than those with BEV after TAVI.
Introduction: Patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) require multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) when considered for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Incidental findings on MDCT are common given the age group and region imaged. Our aim was to evaluate the frequency and outcome of incidental findings (IF) identified on MDCT and the impact on survival.
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