'No zone' approach to the management of stable penetrating neck injuries: a systematic review.

Background: Aim: to review outcomes of the 'no zone' approach to penetrating neck injuries (PNIs) with the advent of high-fidelity computed tomography-angiography (CT-A) in order to determine the most appropriate management for stable PNIs.

Design: Systematic review.

Population: Retrospective and prospective cohort studies of patients who sustained penetrating neck trauma, as defined by an injury which penetrates the platysma, and whose initial management involved CT-A evaluation.

Factors influencing radioiodine uptake after thyroid cancer surgery.

Background: Total thyroidectomy followed by radioactive iodine (RAI) ablation is indicated for most patients with differentiated thyroid cancer. There have been no quantitative studies testing factors that affect uptake on post-ablation whole body scan. We hypothesized greater RAI uptake in patients who underwent two-stage total thyroidectomy (diagnostic hemithyroidectomy followed by completion thyroidectomy) compared to patients who underwent one-stage total thyroidectomy.