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Self-Expandable Metal Stent for Palliation of Dysphagia in Cancer Esophagus at a Tertiary Care Center of North-East India: A Prospective Study.
Int J Surg Oncol
January 2025
Department of Surgical Oncology, Dr Bhubaneswar Borooah Cancer Institute, Guwahati, India.
Esophageal cancer is the sixth most common cancer in India with a incidence of around 4.5%. Dysphagia is the primary manifestation of advanced esophageal cancer in 80%-90% of patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPhase angle is associated with nutritional risk in subacute stroke patients at the beginning of rehabilitation.
Nutrition
November 2024
Department of Public Health, Federico II University of Naples, Italy; Santa Maria del Pozzo Hospital, Somma Vesuviana, Naples, Italy.
Objectives: Malnutrition in stroke is associated with poor clinical outcomes. Bioelectrical impedance analysis-derived phase angle (PhA) is widely used for assessing nutritional status as an index of muscle quality. This study aimed to evaluate the associations between whole body and limb PhAs and nutritional risk in stroke patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSpeech and language therapist-led clinics for low-risk suspected head and neck cancer referrals: A qualitative study of ear, nose and throat surgeons' views.
Int J Lang Commun Disord
December 2024
University of Liverpool & Liverpool Head and Neck Centre, Liverpool, UK.
Background: Over 200,000 patients are referred onto the suspected head and neck cancer (HNC) pathway annually in the UK, with around 3% receiving a cancer diagnosis. With new HNC advancements in identifying patients at low risk of a cancer diagnosis, one proposal is a speech and language therapy (SLT)-led first point of contact clinic for low-risk patients presenting with voice or swallowing symptoms.
Aims: To explore ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgeons' views regarding this model.
Computed tomography roadmap for post-operative fundoplication imaging with a novel structured reporting checklist.
J Minim Access Surg
November 2024
Department of Radiology, Delta Imaging, Zen Multispeciality Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Introduction: With increasing numbers and acceptability of laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery (LARS) procedures over long-term medical treatment in the past decade, it follows that the complications of fundoplication wrap are seen intermittently with recurrent symptoms of heartburn and dysphagia. Endoscopy and barium swallow are the initial investigations performed for suspected fundoplication wrap failures. However, with easy availability of multislice computed tomography (CT) and the multiplanar reconstructions along with reduction in familiarity with barium examinations, it would be prudent for the surgeons to familiarise themselves with various appearances of wrap failure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDisproportionately Increased Incidence of Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer in the North Yorkshire Region: A UK Tertiary Centre Study.
Cureus
October 2024
Department of Head and Neck Surgery (ENT), York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, York, GBR.
Globally, the incidence of anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) has followed a stable trend. However, over the past decade, we have observed a marked rise in the number of cases in the North Yorkshire region of the United Kingdom. Our study aimed to explore the incidence, demographics, and geographical distribution of ATC in this region over a 12-year period.
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