Publications by authors named "Mohammad Altawil"
Background: Selective neck dissection (SND) has traditionally been applied to clinically negative (cN0) necks in mucosal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). We aimed to examine the oncological safety and patterns of regional recurrence (RR) of SND in clinically positive (cN+) necks.
Methods: Retrospective review of prospective cohort of 206 patients with mucosal SCC undergoing neck dissection.
Article Synopsis
- Vitamin D is crucial for body functions, particularly in calcium absorption and immune system regulation, and this study focuses on its link to recurrent acute tonsillitis in children.
- Researchers found that children with recurrent tonsillitis had significantly lower vitamin D levels compared to healthy controls, with a Poisson regression analysis indicating that higher vitamin D levels correlated with fewer tonsillitis episodes.
- The study concludes that vitamin D deficiency is linked to increased rates of recurrent tonsillitis and suggests that future research should explore the potential benefits of vitamin D supplementation to reduce these episodes.
Purpose: To investigate the correlation between pre and post surgical staging in patients undergoing radical cystectomy (RC), and study the possibility of predicting their disconcordance.
Materials And Methods: We reviewed medical records of 186 patients diagnosed with transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder, who had undergone RC between the years 2007 and 2010. We determined the correlation between pre and post surgical stages and then studied the association between stage disconcordance and age, gender, smoking, history of previous transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) and intravesical treatments, re-TURBT in high-risk superficial bladder tumors, and the treatment delay between diagnosis and RC.