Background: American Thyroid Association guidelines support active surveillance (AS) for low-risk papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). We developed a calculator to aid patient selection.
Methods: From 2004 to 2020, 148,904 PTC patients were selected from the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results (SEER) database.
Background: Experience with targeted neoadjuvant treatment for locoregionally advanced thyroid cancer is nascent.
Methods: Multicenter retrospective case series examining targeted neoadjuvant treatment for locoregionally advanced thyroid cancer. The primary outcome was change in surgical morbidity as measured by two metrics developed for use in clinical trials to characterize surgical complexity and morbidity.
Objective: Endotracheal tube (ETT) surface electrodes are used to monitor the vagus nerve (VN), recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN), and external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve (EBSLN) during thyroid and parathyroid surgery. Alternative nerve monitoring methods are desirable when intubation under general anesthesia is not desirable or possible. In this pilot study, we compared the performance of standard ETT electrodes to four different noninvasive cutaneous recording electrode types (two adhesive electrodes and two needle electrodes) in three different orientations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Neoadjuvant targeted therapy has emerged as a promising treatment strategy for locally aggressive thyroid cancer. Its impact on tumor and adjacent tissues remains a nascent area of study. Here we report on a series of six subjects with locally advanced thyroid cancer and recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) paralysis who experienced recovery of RLN function with neoadjuvant treatment and describe the morphologic and electrophysiologic characteristics of these recovered nerves.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPostoperative hypoparathyroidism may cause significant patient morbidity and even mortality. Emerging technologies centered on autofluorescent properties of parathyroid glands when exposed to near-infrared light hold promise to improve surgical parathyroid gland identification and preservation. Two systems (probe-based and camera-based) are commercially available currently; however, neither system alone provides indication of vascular viability or postoperative parathyroid gland function.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci
June 2023
Objective: Intensive care units are very important across various fields of medicine, and there are many high-quality journals that publish about intensive care. However, there is a lack of information regarding which disciplines publish the most in these journals. We aim to evaluate the intensive care literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The incidence of thyroid cancer has significantly increased in recent decades. Although most thyroid cancers are small and carry an excellent prognosis, a subset of patients present with advanced thyroid cancer, which is associated with increased rates of morbidity and mortality. The management of thyroid cancer requires a thoughtful individualized approach to optimize oncologic outcomes and minimize morbidity associated with treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To develop a scoring system to identify patients at an early stage who will need palliative care during intensive care follow-up.
Study Design: Analytical study.
Place And Duration Of Study: Ankara City Hospital, Neurology and Orthopaedics Hospital, General Intensive Care Unit, Ankara, Turkiye, from June 2019 to March 2020.
JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
February 2023
Importance: Counseling prior to thyroid cancer (TC) treatment is an essential component of informed consent. An informed patient affects treatment-related expectations and patient engagement, factors that contribute significantly to patient-reported quality-of-life outcomes.
Objective: To describe experiences with pretreatment counseling among survivors of TC and to test factors associated with self-reported treatment meeting expectations.
Background: The usefulness of incorporating near-infrared autofluorescence into the surgical workflow of endocrine surgeons is unclear. Our aim was to develop a prospective registry and gather expert opinion on appropriate use of this technology.
Methods: This was a prospective multicenter collaborative study of patients undergoing thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy at 7 academic centers.
Background: Comamonas testosteroni is a gram-negative bacillus, known before 1987 as Pseudomonas testosteroni. Although considered as a rare pathogen, its frequency has been increasing. Data regarding its antibiotic susceptibility are insufficient.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Since the first attempts for ventilation, there have been significant changes in terms of the size of devices, ventilation techniques, and technology. In time, invasive methods and huge devices were replaced by non-invasive methods and small and portable devices. Increased use of non-invasive methods was followed by enrichment of literature on the topic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe string matching algorithms are among the essential fields in computer science, such as text search, intrusion detection systems, fraud detection, sequence search in bioinformatics. The exact string matching algorithms are divided into two parts: single and multiple. Multiple string matching algorithms involve finding elements of the pattern set P in a given input text T.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntraoperative neural monitoring (IONM) is now an integral aspect of thyroid surgery in many centers. Interest in IONM and the number of institutions that perform monitored thyroidectomies have increased throughout the world in recent years. For surgeons considering the introduction of IONM in their practice, specific training in IONM devices and procedures can substantially shorten the learning curve.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExact string matching algorithms involve finding all occurrences of a pattern P in a text T. These algorithms have been extensively studied in computer science, primarily because of their applications in various fields such as text search and computational biology. The main goal of exact string matching algorithms is to find all pattern matches correctly within the shortest possible time frame.
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