Early-Stage Supraglottic "In Situ" Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Larynx Incidentally Detected by 18F-Fluorocholine PET/CT.

F-fluorocholine (F-FCH) PET/CT is widely used to study patients affected by prostate cancer. Despite its specificity, however, F-FCH may be taken up by other neoplasms such as multiple myeloma, lymphomas, lung, bladder, and colon cancer; brain tumors; and renal and hepatocellular carcinoma. This is due to its ability to evaluate the cell proliferation, which is typical of neoplastic cells.

Mandibular advancement for adult obstructive sleep apnea: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objectives: Patients with mandibular insufficiency can be predisposed to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The objective of this study was to systematically review the international literature for mandibular advancement surgeries (MAS) as treatment for adult OSA, and then to perform a meta-analysis.

Methods: Four authors searched five databases from the inception of each database through April 5, 2017.

Intraoperative narrow band imaging better delineates superficial resection margins during transoral laser microsurgery for early glottic cancer.

Objective: The high rate of positive margins after transoral laser microsurgery (TLM) remains a matter of debate. This study investigates the effect of intraoperative narrow band imaging (NBI) examination on the incidence of positive superficial surgical margins in early glottic cancer treated by TLM.

Methods: Between January 2012 and October 2013, 82 patients affected by Tis-T1a glottic cancer were treated with TLM by type I or II cordectomies.

Preoperative clinical predictors of difficult laryngeal exposure for microlaryngoscopy: the Laryngoscore.

Objectives/hypothesis: To identify a clinical predictor score for difficult laryngeal exposure (DLE) during operative microlaryngoscopy.

Study Design: Prospective cohort study in two academic institutions.

Methods: We evaluated 319 patients before microlaryngoscopy for benign and malignant glottic diseases by a standardized preoperative assessment protocol (Laryngoscore) that included 11 parameters: interincisors gap (IIG), thyro-mental distance, upper jaw dental status, trismus, mandibular prognathism, macroglossia, micrognathia, degree of neck flexion-extension, history of previous open-neck and/or radiotherapy, Mallampati's modified score, and body mass index (BMI).

Complications after tracheal and cricotracheal resection and anastomosis for inflammatory and neoplastic stenoses.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate complications and success rates of tracheal resection and anastomosis (TRA) and cricotracheal resection and anastomosis (CTRA) in patients treated in 2 academic institutions.

Methods: Retrospective charts review of 137 patients submitted to TRA/CTRA. Fifty (36.

Organ preservation surgery for low- and intermediate-grade laryngeal chondrosarcomas: analysis of 16 cases.

Objectives/hypothesis: To demonstrate that endoscopic resection (ER), open partial laryngectomies, and cricotracheal resection and anastomosis (CTRA) achieve a good balance between oncologic radicality and organ preservation for laryngeal low-grade chondrosarcoma (LCS) and intermediate-grade chondrosarcoma (ICS).

Study Design: Retrospective series in an academic institution.

Methods: Between 2001 and 2013, we treated 13 cricoid, two thyroid, and one arytenoid LCS and ICS.

Function preservation using transoral laser surgery for T2-T3 glottic cancer: oncologic, vocal, and swallowing outcomes.

Aim of this study was to retrospectively analyze oncologic and functional results of a cohort of T2 and selected T3 glottic tumors treated by transoral laser surgery (TLS). Eighty-nine patients affected by T2 and T3 glottic tumors were treated by TLS from 2005 to 2010 at an academic institution by Type V cordectomies using an "en bloc" or, more frequently, a "piece-meal" technique depending on a number of variables. Kaplan-Meier curves were used to evaluate 5-year overall, disease-specific survivals, local control with laser, and organ preservation rates.

MR with surface coils in the follow-up after endoscopic laser resection for glottic squamous cell carcinoma: feasibility and diagnostic accuracy.

Introduction: This study focuses on the feasibility and diagnostic accuracy of MR of the larynx performed with surface coils after endoscopic laser resection (ELR) for glottic cancer.

Methods: Thirty-one MR examinations of the larynx performed with surface coils on average 12 months after ELR were retrospectively reviewed. Image quality was assessed for each acquired sequence (score 1-3).

Quantitative analysis of videokymography in normal and pathological vocal folds: a preliminary study.

Videokymography (VKG) captures high-speed images of the vocal folds independently of the periodicity of the acoustic signal. The aim of this study was to preliminarily assess a software package that can objectively measure specific parameters of vocal fold vibration. From August 2009 until December 2010, we prospectively evaluated 40 subjects (Group A, 18 normal subjects; Group B, 14 patients with benign lesions of the middle third of the vocal fold, such as polyps and cysts; Group C, 8 patients treated by endoscopic excision of vocal fold benign lesions) by videoendoscopy, videolaryngostroboscopy, and VKG.