The impact of different anticoagulants and antiplatelets regimens on acute epistaxis outcomes.

Background: The impact of anticoagulants (AC) and antiplatelets (AP) on the management of acute epistaxis remains unclear. This study investigated the association between AC/AP therapy and treatment outcomes in patients with acute epistaxis.

Methodology: A retrospective analysis of patients presented to the otolaryngology emergency room with acute epistaxis (2014-2022).

Follow-up of large thyroid nodules without surgery: Patient selection and long-term outcomes.

Background: The management of large thyroid nodules remains controversial. Mandatory resection is recommended by some authors.

Methods: All patients with thyroid nodules ≥3 cm between January 2009 and January 2013 were followed until August 2017.

[ROBOTIC-ASSISTED TRANSAXILLARY THYROID SURGERY - THE RABIN MEDICAL CENTER EXPERIENCE].

Aims: To review the experience of a single-center with RATS and to assess its outcome, feasibility and safety.

Background: With the advent of minimally invasive techniquesin thyroid surgery, robot-assisted transaxillary thyroid surgery (RATS) has become one of the most popular approaches. Its main advantages are improved cosmetic outcome, thereby increasing patient satisfaction, improved visualization and range of motion.

Intraoperative Frozen Section in "Suspicious for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma" after Adoption of the Bethesda System.

Objective: To evaluate the accuracy and utility of intraoperative frozen section examination (iFSE) in patients with a preoperative fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology of "suspicious for malignancy" (SFM)-Bethesda V, after the adoption of the Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology.

Study Design: Case series with chart review.

Setting: Tertiary medical center.

Antepartum Membrane Stripping in GBS Carriers, Is It Safe? (The STRIP-G Study).

Objective: Stripping of the membranes is an established and widely utilized obstetric procedure associated with higher spontaneous vaginal delivery rates, reduced need for formal induction of labor and a lower likelihood of post-term pregnancy. Due to the theoretical concern of bacterial seeding during the procedure many practitioners choose not to sweep the membranes in Group B Streptococcus (GBS) colonized patients. We conducted 'the STRIP-G study' in order to determine whether maternal and neonatal outcomes are affected by GBS carrier status in women undergoing membrane stripping.

Analysis of cigarette smoking mechanism by real time video-endoscopic documentation.

Objective: To view, document and analyze the smoking mechanism as seen via video-endoscopic examination during the action of cigarette smoking.

Study Design: Observational study.

Methods: Twenty-two healthy smoking volunteers were examined with a trans-nasal video-laryngoscope while breathing, sniffing and cigarette smoking.