Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
May 2024
Objective: To evaluate the association of postoperative naloxone with the development of new substance use disorder (SUD), overdose, and death within 6 months of otolaryngologic surgery.
Study Design: Retrospective cohort database study on TriNetX.
Methods: Adult patients who underwent tonsil surgery (noncancerous), thyroid/parathyroid, septorhinoplasty, otology/neurotology, sinus/anterior skull base, and head and neck cancer surgeries between January 2003 and April 2023.
Primary cardiac sarcoma is a rare malignant tumor that arises from the cardiac myocardium. Surgical resection is the standard of care, and median survival ranges from 6 to 12 months. The role of salvage chemotherapy and radiation is not well defined.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCraniopharyngiomas are rare epithelial malformations in the sellar or suprasellar regions of the craniopharyngeal ducts. Complete surgical resection is difficult due to the location of the base of the skull and the risk of injury to vital neurological structures. Fractionated radiation is effective in controlling residual tumors, but craniopharyngiomas can progress during treatment.
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