Is intraoperative margin sampling necessary in inverted papilloma resection?

Purpose: To explore the association between intraoperative surgical margin sampling by the frozen sections and recurrence in inverted papilloma surgery.

Methods: A multicenter, retrospective study of patients who underwent attachment-oriented IP resection in four tertiary care medical centers with a minimal follow-up of 36 months.

Results: The study included 220 surgeries with a mean follow-up period of 49 months (range 36-204).

Can Computed Tomography Findings Predict the Recurrence of Sinonasal Inverted Papilloma?

Objective: To evaluate the correlation between the ability to predict the attachment site of sinonasal inverted papilloma by computed tomography and the long-term surgical outcome.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Five tertiary medical centers.

Closed-suction compared with Penrose drainage after free flap reconstruction in the head and neck.

Microsurgical free flaps are common in head and neck reconstruction, and their techniques and outcomes have continuously improved during the past decades. However, there are variations in practice among surgeons between the use of closed-suction drainage systems and Penrose drains. The proponents of Penrose drains propose that the negative pressure generated by the closed-suction drainage system may harm the microvascular anastomosis.

Recurrent pleomorphic adenoma: is treatment considerably delayed thus affecting surgical morbidity?

Objective: To examine the incidence of late presentation of patients with recurrent pleomorphic adenoma (RPA) of the parotid gland.

Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of patients treated in our center. We examined patients demographics, disease characteristics, treatment, and outcome and as well as the time period length from the first discovery of a recurrent mass until seeking treatment at our clinic and its effect on morbidity.