Publications by authors named "Merry Peckham"
Background: Tourniquet use for extremity hemorrhage control has seen a recent increase in civilian usage. Previous retrospective studies demonstrated that tourniquets improve outcomes for major extremity trauma (MET). No prospective study has been conducted to date.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To investigate a possible link between breast and thyroid cancer.
Methods: A multicenter retrospective review of patients in the electronic medical records of six Accrual to Clinical Trial (ACT) institutions with both breast cancer and thyroid carcinoma. Each center queried its data using a predefined data dictionary.
Objectives: To compare subjective voice outcomes and postoperative laryngoscopic examination findings of patients with subjective voice complaints between surgeon-monitored and certified technician-monitored thyroidectomies.
Methods: Patients who underwent hemithyroidectomy, total thyroidectomy, and completion thyroidectomy using a nerve monitoring system between November 2015 and June 2018 were included in the study. Retrospective chart review was carried out to assess how often patients reported voice changes and to record postoperative flexible laryngoscopic findings of patients when that examination was performed.
Background: Intraoperative scintigraphy (IoS) has been proposed as a tool for real-time intraoperative decision-making regarding parathyroid adenoma localization and confirmation of excision.
Methods: Retrospective review of patients who underwent minimally invasive parathyroidectomies with scintigraphy performed intraoperatively. Preoperative neck ultrasound, 4D computed tomography, as well as intraoperative parathyroid hormone (IOPTH) and gamma probe measurements were conducted per standard practice.