Objectives: The goal of this study was to evaluate the benefit of sublesional bevacizumab injection for recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) as used in a typical clinical practice.
Methods: A retrospective review of patients with RRP treated between 2011 and 2016 was undertaken. All patients were treated with in-office potassium titanyl phosphate (KTP) laser photoablation.
The use of diced cartilage grafting is a powerful tool during rhinoplasty for dorsal augmentation; however, its application to nasal structural reconstruction has rarely been reported. Here we present a unique technique for Mohs defect reconstruction combining diced cartilage graft for dorsal augmentation and a folded paramedian forehead flap for soft tissue. A 54-year-old female presented with recurrent basal cell carcinoma of the nose that had been previously resected 3 times in the past.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) eighth edition introduces a staging system specific for human papilloma virus positive oropharyngeal cancer with separate clinical (AJCC 8c) and pathological (AJCC 8p) criteria.
Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, preoperative imaging and pathology reports were used to stage patients based on the AJCC 8c and AJCC 8p criteria, respectively. The primary endpoint was agreement between AJCC 8c and AJCC 8p.
JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
October 2016