4 results match your criteria: "College of Medicine The Pennsylvania State University Hershey Pennsylvania USA.[Affiliation]"
Objective: To quantify postoperative venous thromboembolism (VTE) incidence in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients, and assess the economic implications of chemoprophylaxis.
Study Design: Retrospective cost-effective analysis.
Setting: Fifty-three health care organizations.
Impact of COVID-19 on facial plastic surgery volumes: A large database analysis of pre- and post-pandemic trends.
Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol
June 2024
Article Synopsis
- - The study aimed to analyze the volume of facial plastic and reconstructive surgeries (FPRS) before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, using data from over 68 million individuals from 2017 to 2022.
- - During the peak of the pandemic in 2020, there was a significant drop in surgical volume by -36.8%, with specific procedures like rhinoplasty and rhytidectomy showing notable declines (up to -54.9%).
- - In 2021, there was a strong recovery with a +75.0% increase in surgeries and +61.3% in procedures, and by 2022, FPRS rates surpassed pre-pandemic volumes, indicating a rebound
Phrenic nerve schwannoma presenting as an asymptomatic neck mass.
Clin Case Rep
December 2022
Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery College of Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University Hershey Pennsylvania USA.
Phrenic nerve schwannomas of the head and neck are exceedingly rare pathologies that can present as an asymptomatic neck mass. Surgery is the definitive treatment, and a conservative surgical approach is preferred if a benign pathology is suspected.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Lowering hospital readmission rates is a national goal, and presents an opportunity to lower health care costs, improve quality, and increase patient satisfaction. We aim to assess whether discharge disposition is associated with readmission.
Methods: A retrospective cohort study using logistic regression to quantify risk factors of hospital readmission in patients with confirmed head and neck cancer (HNC) who underwent surgery from 2010 to 2018 contained in the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council database, which includes patients treated in Pennsylvania hospitals.