Publications by authors named "Yasoda Sathiyaseelan"
Aims: To describe falls causing injury, types of injuries, and the reporting of these falls.
Methods: Administrative and incident reporting datasets between July 2012 and June 2017 were analyzed.
Results: Using both datasets, 5,653 falls were identified (3.
Background: There is an increasing risk of cervical lymph node metastases as tumour thickness increases in patients with anterior tongue squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). The role of elective neck treatment in early anterior tongue cancer in unclear.
Methods: Patients diagnosed with anterior tongue cancer and treated with glossectomy +/- neck dissection were identified.
Article Synopsis
- Mucosal head and neck cancers, particularly on the anterior tongue, mainly affect older males due to factors like smoking and alcohol; however, about 5% of cases occur in young adults, whose prognosis appears to be worse.
- A study involving 164 patients treated for anterior tongue squamous cell carcinoma found that while younger patients had a higher recurrence rate (45.5% vs 32.4%), their overall and relapse-free survival rates were not significantly different from older patients.
- The findings suggest that young adults with anterior tongue cancer do not have worse outcomes compared to older patients, indicating that a different treatment strategy for younger patients is not currently justified.