Coblation intracapsular tonsillectomy in a paediatric tertiary centre: Revision surgery rates over a nine-year period.

Objectives: Coblation intracapsular tonsillectomy (ICT) is increasingly being used in the paediatric population because of the rapid recovery and low rates of complications associated with it. There is, however, a risk of symptomatic regrowth with this technique. The objective of our study is to establish the rate of, and risks for, revision surgery over time in a major tertiary referral centre with a large cohort of paediatric Coblation ICT cases.

The incidence of metastasis from cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma and the impact of its risk factors.

Background: Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC), the most common cancer capable of metastasis, has variable reported metastatic rates and the impact of individual risk factors for metastasis is unknown.

Methods: This study examined pathology records of excised cSCC over a 10-year period. Uni-variate and multi-variate analyses including patient demographics, maximum clinical diameter (MCD), anatomical sub-site, histological differentiation, perineural invasion (PNI), and lymphovascular invasion (LVI) of the lesion were performed.