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Adv Biomed Res 2019 27;8:14. Epub 2019 Feb 27.

General Surgery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.

Background: The complications in thyroid surgery have been reported variable in literature. The aim of this study was to evaluate the early and late (3 months after surgery) complication rates of thyroidectomy in a cohort of patients undergoing thyroid surgery at two hospitals of Isfahan University of Medical Science, Iran.

Materials And Methods: This study included 204 patients who candidates for thyroidectomy presenting at Medical Educational Centers of Al-Zahra and Kashani hospitals in Isfahan between March 2016 and March 2017. Read More

Case Rep Surg 2019 12;2019:3821767. Epub 2019 Mar 12.

Department of Surgery, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.

Retrosternal extension of goiter is one of the most common types of masses in the superior mediastinum. These types of goiters classically present with compressive symptoms such as dyspnea, dysphonia, dysphagia, or sleep apnea. Surgical treatment with a total thyroidectomy and complete removal of the intrathoracic portion of thyroid is the gold standard treatment. Read More

BMC Cancer 2019 Apr 11;19(1):345. Epub 2019 Apr 11.

Department of Ultrasound, Beijing Tian Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 119, West Road of South 4th Ring Road, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100160, China.

Background: Background: Benign breast lesions are the most common diseases in adult women, which have been treated with minimally invasive therapies in recent years. Little is known about the feasibility of Microwave ablation (MWA) for benign breast lesion treatment. The primary aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the safety and efficiency of MWA as a potential therapeutic option for benign breast lesions in a single-center cohort study. Read More

Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2019 27;10:172. Epub 2019 Mar 27.

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea.

The utility of prophylactic central neck dissection (pCND) for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is still controversial. Although the procedure may reduce locoregional recurrence, it is associated with a high rate of postoperative complications. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of pCND in patients with PTC. Read More

Lin Chung Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2019 Apr;33(4):346-350

Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Zunyi, Zunyi, 563000, China.

To explore the feasibility of endoscopic selective lateral neck dissection(SLND) via a chest-breast approach.We retrospectively reviewed 20 patients who underwent endoscopic total thyroidectomy along with SLND, between January 2017 and May 2018. All the 20 patients underwent total thyroidectomy, central lymph nodes dissection and selective lateral lymph nodes dissection with endoscopic surgery via chest-breast approach. Read More

Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2019 Apr 9:194599819835793. Epub 2019 Apr 9.

1 Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA.

Objective: To (1) analyze postoperative thyroidectomy outcomes in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM), who are prone to deleterious effects of glucose dysmetabolism, and (2) apply findings to optimize perioperative management of diabetics requiring thyroid surgery.

Study Design: Retrospective database analysis.

Setting: University hospital. Read More

J Vasc Interv Radiol 2019 Apr 5. Epub 2019 Apr 5.

Department of Radiology, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University School of Medicine, Incheon, 21565, Korea.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) ablation for nonfunctioning benign thyroid nodules in children and adolescents.

Materials And Methods: Fourteen pediatric patients (10 female, 4 male; mean age 15.7 ± 2. Read More

Indian J Surg Oncol 2019 Mar 5;10(1):130-134. Epub 2018 Dec 5.

2Department of Pathology, Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, India.

Completion thyroidectomy, being a surgically challenging procedure, choice of doing such procedure in differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), remains unclear due to the complications involved following the procedure. So this study is intended to look into risk factors that will prompt completion thyroidectomy and surgery-related complications. A prospective analysis was done in 48 patients diagnosed with DTC during the year 2017. Read More

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 2019 Mar 14;163. Epub 2019 Mar 14.

UMC Utrecht, afd. Heelkunde.

Five years ago, robot-assisted transaxillary thyroidectomy (RATT) was introduced in the Netherlands. The major advantage of this technique, when compared to the conventional approach, is the prevention of a potentially disfiguring scar in the neck. In recent years, multiple large cohort studies have demonstrated that the quality of the resection, postoperative complications and functional and oncological outcomes are similar in patients treated with RATT when compared to the open procedure. Read More

J Ultrasound 2019 Apr 3. Epub 2019 Apr 3.

Department of Endocrinology, Azienda Ospedaliera San Giovanni Addolorata, Rome, Italy.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to assess the effectiveness and safety of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in debulking benign solid thyroid nodules.

Materials And Methods: This is a retrospective review of 77 patients with predominantly solid thyroid nodules treated with RFA in a single center between 2013 and 2016. All patients declined or were not eligible for surgery. Read More

Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am 2019 May;27(2):267-272

Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 600 Highland Avenue, CSC K4/7, Madison, WI 53792, USA. Electronic address:

Chondrolaryngoplasty, also known as tracheal shave, is a surgical procedure performed for a prominent Adam's apple, usually in transfeminine patients with gender dysphoria to this marker of male sex. Although laryngeal anatomy is complex, knowledge of landmarks and techniques discussed in this article results in a safe procedure with rare complications and improvement in quality of life. Read More

Updates Surg 2019 Apr 1. Epub 2019 Apr 1.

Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, SS554, Bivio Sestu, 09042, Monserrato, CA, Italy.

Reoperative thyroid surgery is an uncommon procedure that is indicated in recurrent benign or malignant disease. It is associated with a high complication rate, especially of hypoparathyroidism and recurrent nerve palsy. We retrospectively reviewed our series of patients on whom reoperative thyroid surgery was performed and we compared this group with patients who underwent primary thyroidectomies. Read More

Eur J Surg Oncol 2019 Mar 26. Epub 2019 Mar 26.

Department of Medicine, Endocrinology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.

Am J Otolaryngol 2019 Mar 21. Epub 2019 Mar 21.

Departments of Otorhinolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Electronic address:

Objective: According to American Thyroid Association (ATA) guideline, thyroid lobectomy is recommended for the management of papillary thyroid microcarcinomas (PTMC) with a diameter lesser than 1 cm. However, this procedure is associated with a risk of potential complications such as vocal cord palsy. Thus, we considered the applicability of conservative thyroidectomy, involving partial removal of the thyroid cancer lesion, not the entire ipsilateral thyroid lobe. Read More

World J Surg 2019 Mar 27. Epub 2019 Mar 27.

Service of Endocrine and Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery/Department of Surgery, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubiran, Vasco de Quiroga 15, Seccion XVI, Tlalpan, 14000, Mexico City, Mexico.

Background: Total thyroidectomy is the most common surgical procedure for the treatment of thyroid diseases. Postoperative hypocalcemia/hypoparathyroidism is the most frequent complication after total thyroidectomy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the rate of postoperative hypocalcemia and permanent hypoparathyroidism after total thyroidectomy in order to identify potential risk factors and to evaluate the impact of parathyroid autotransplantation. Read More

Pan Afr Med J 2018 20;31:43. Epub 2018 Sep 20.

Service d'Oto-Rhino-Laryngologie, Hôpital Militaire Avicenne, Marrakech, Maroc.

Hyperthyroidism includes several diseases characterized by high level of circulating thyroid hormones. Thyroidectomy is one of the main treatment options. We conducted a retrospective study to evaluate the epidemiological, clinical, therapeutic, evolutionary features of patients who had undergone surgery for hyperthyroidism in the ENT Department at the Avicenne Military Hospital in Marrakech. Read More

Pain Pract 2019 Mar 27. Epub 2019 Mar 27.

Pain and Palliative Care Research Unit, Oncology Department, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Milan, Italy.

Background: Oxycodone-Naloxone (OXN) aims to reduce opioid-related constipation while being successfully analgesic.

Methods: We evaluated the analgesic response, prevalence, and severity of side effects in 176 cancer patients with moderate to severe pain and treated with OXN. Patients were followed for 28 days and evaluated every seven. Read More

Eur J Surg Oncol 2019 Mar 18. Epub 2019 Mar 18.

Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, UK. Electronic address:

Introduction: The oncological benefit of completion thyroidectomy (CT) following thyroid lobectomy (TL) is presumed to be similar to that of upfront total thyroidectomy(TT), from a patient's perspective the risk and inconvenience of further surgery adds significantly to the impact of the overall treatment. The aim of this study is to assess the impact of CT in terms of the duration of admission and associated complications.

Methods: A study of consecutive patients with DTC identified from prospective MDT records of South-East Scotland from 2009 to 2015. Read More

J Clin Med 2019 Mar 22;8(3). Epub 2019 Mar 22.

Department of Surgery, Ewha Womans University Medical Center, 1071 Anyangcheon-ro, Yangcheon-Gu, Seoul 07985, Korea.

With the increased utilization of robot thyroidectomy in recent years, surgical proficiency is the paramount consideration. However, there is no single perfect or ideal method for measuring surgical proficiency. In this study, we evaluated the learning curve of robotic thyroidectomy using various parameters. Read More

Endocrine 2019 Mar 23. Epub 2019 Mar 23.

Department of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan Polytechnic University (Jiaozuo Second People's Hospital), 454000, Jiaozuo, China.

Purpose: To compare the effects and safety of using microwave ablation (MWA) and surgical resection for the treatment of benign thyroid nodules (BTNs) under ultrasonic guidance and investigate the effects of this treatment on stress response.

Methods: Patients with BTNs were divided into the MWA and operation groups (72 cases each). Interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, serum tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α), and hydrostatic visual analog scale (VAS) prior to the operation, at 6 h, 24 h, and 72 h post-operation were compared between the two groups. Read More

J Pediatr Surg 2019 Feb 28. Epub 2019 Feb 28.

Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Electronic address:

Background: Recent studies suggest improved outcomes for children undergoing thyroidectomy at high-volume pediatric surgery centers. We present outcomes after thyroid surgery at a single center and advocate for referral to high-volume centers for multidisciplinary management of these children.

Methods: Medical records were reviewed for all pediatric patients undergoing thyroid surgery at a single institution from 2009 through 2017. Read More

J Ultrasound Med 2019 Mar 21. Epub 2019 Mar 21.

Department of Interventional Ultrasound, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.

Objectives: To preliminarily evaluate the safety, effectiveness, and feasibility of microwave ablation (MWA) for substernal goiter (SSG) in select patients and to provide a relevant treatment reference for further studies.

Methods: From April 2017 to December 2017, 10 patients with SSG were treated by MWA. All patients were followed for at least 3 months to observe the therapeutic effects and complications. Read More

Surgery 2019 Mar 18. Epub 2019 Mar 18.

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Chicago, IL. Electronic address:

Introduction: Thyroid cancer survivors are a rapidly growing population in the United States. The factors that drive health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in this population have not been well characterized. We hypothesized that more aggressive treatments and greater treatment-related adverse effects would be associated with worse HRQOL scores in thyroid cancer survivors. Read More

Cancer Imaging 2019 Mar 20;19(1):16. Epub 2019 Mar 20.

Department of Ultrasound, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, No. 1 Lijiang Road, Suzhou, 215163, China.

Background: Over the past ten years, more papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) has been diagnosed more frequently due to the development of imaging technology, and the incidence of PTMC has increased significantly. Ultrasound-guided percutaneous laser ablation (PLA) is mainly used for benign thyroid nodules, and few studies have been published on the use of PLA for PTMC. In the present study, a retrospective analysis was performed to explore the efficacy of PLA for PTMC. Read More

Biomed Res Int 2019 11;2019:8904736. Epub 2019 Feb 11.

Department of General Surgery, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Cancer Invasion and Metastasis Research, National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, Beijing 100050, China.

We investigated the learning curve for using intraoperative neural monitoring technology in thyroid cancer, with a view to reducing recurrent laryngeal nerve injury complications. Radical or combined radical surgery for thyroid cancer was performed in 82 patients with thyroid cancer and 147 recurrent laryngeal nerves were dissected. Intraoperative neural monitoring technology was applied and the "four-step method" used to monitor recurrent laryngeal nerve function. Read More

J Pediatr Surg 2019 Mar 1. Epub 2019 Mar 1.

Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA. Electronic address:

Background: Previous studies of pediatric thyroidectomies suggest a volume-outcome relationship, but none have focused exclusively on pediatric surgical specialists. Our objective was to examine the effects of pediatric surgeon volume and specialty on post-thyroidectomy outcomes.

Methods: The Pediatric Health Information System was queried for patients ≤21 years who underwent partial or total thyroidectomy between 2005 and 2016. Read More

Surg Endosc 2019 Mar 14. Epub 2019 Mar 14.

The Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Hunan Cancer Hospital, The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Xiangya Medical School, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.

Background: Transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy vestibular approach is the natural orifice surgery to avoid surgical scars. However, mental nerve injury is a characteristic complication. Herein, we report the development of a novel method to dissect the mental nerve proactively during surgery to minimize the morbidity from mental nerve injury. Read More

Trends Cardiovasc Med 2019 Mar 5. Epub 2019 Mar 5.

School of Medicine, Athens University, Athens, Greece. Electronic address:

Subclinical thyroid dysfunction (STD), presenting as subclinical hypothyroidism (SHypo) or subclinical hyperthyroidism (SHyper), defined as abnormal serum thyrotropin (TSH) and normal free thyroid hormones, is associated with increased cardiovascular (CV) risk and mortality. Depending on the degree of such dysfunction, atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, heart failure and cardiac arrhythmias, predominantly atrial fibrillation, characterize both disorders and increase CV and total mortality compared to euthyroid persons. There are some differences in the mechanisms involved in the increased CV risk incurred by each type of STD, with more traditional CV risk factors clustered in SHypo than in SHyper, while the role of the TSH or its absence thereof, together with the respective, even subtle, changes incurred in thyroid hormone concentrations, seem to adversely influence the CV system in both types of STD. Read More

World J Surg Oncol 2019 Mar 14;17(1):48. Epub 2019 Mar 14.

Department of Digestive Surgery, Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Sakuragaoka 8-35-1, Kagoshima, 890-8520, Japan.

Background: Development of an anastomotic stricture following rectal cancer surgery is not uncommon. Such strictures are usually managed by manual or instrumental dilatation techniques that are often insufficiently effective, as evidenced by the high recurrence rate. Various surgical procedures using minimally invasive approaches have also been reported. Read More

Endocr Pract 2019 Mar 13. Epub 2019 Mar 13.

Andrology Laboratory and Sperm Bank, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland.

Objectives: Preservation of parathyroid function is one of the primary tenets of endocrine surgery. For patients with thyroid disease, an inadvertently compromised parathyroid gland is routinely auto transplanted into the neck at the time of surgery. By contrast for patients with parathyroid disease secondary to hyperplasia, the timing of auto transplantation needs to be further considered in order to balance the risks between persistent disease and permanent hypocalcaemia. Read More

World J Surg 2019 Mar 12. Epub 2019 Mar 12.

Division of Thyroid and Endocrine Surgery, University Surgical Cluster, National University Health System (NUHS), NUHS Tower Block Level 8, Singapore, 119228, Singapore.

Background: High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a recent noninvasive technique of treating thyroid nodules. Our study aims to investigate the efficacy and safety of HIFU in treating benign thyroid nodules.

Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of consecutive patients who underwent HIFU of benign thyroid nodules at our institution from July 2017-2018. Read More

Asian J Surg 2019 Mar 8. Epub 2019 Mar 8.

Department of Surgery, University of Malaya, Malaysia. Electronic address:

Backgroud/objective: Multiple approaches have been devised for pain control in patients undergoing thyroid surgery, with local wound infiltration (LWI) of analgesia and bilateral superficial cervical plexus block (BSCPB) among the popular choices cited. However, the results comparing these methods had either been contradictory or equivocal. This study was carried out to assess the efficacy of BSCPB in comparison to LWI in reducing post-operative pain, as well as any additional opioid requirement in the first 24 h after thyroid surgery. Read More

Biomed Pharmacother 2019 May 4;113:108706. Epub 2019 Mar 4.

Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Wuhan University Zhongnan Hospital, 169 Donghu Road, Wuhan, 430071, PR China. Electronic address:

Background: The occurrence of seroma formation and long-term wound healing remain challenging complications after modified radical mastectomy. Sapylin is a drug used to reduce seroma formation and enhance wound closure, but these results remain controversial. We aimed to investigate the potential mechanism. Read More

Int J Hyperthermia 2019 5;36(1):359-367. Epub 2019 Mar 5.

a Department of Radiology , The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital , Seoul , Korea.

Purpose: To compare the efficacy and complication rates of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and repeat surgery in the treatment of locally recurrent thyroid cancers.

Materials And Methods: A total of 221 patients with locally recurrent thyroid cancers who underwent either RFA (n = 96) or repeat surgery (n = 125) between March 2008 and March 2017 were retrospectively enrolled (range of follow-up, 1-10 years). Each cohort consisted of 70 patients after propensity score adjustment. Read More

J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 2019 Apr 21;29(4):433-440. Epub 2019 Mar 21.

3 Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Modena, Modena, Italy.

Background: In the past 20 years, the fast spread of new surgical technologies has reached an important peak with the advent of the robotic surgery. Many studies have been run about a cosmetic desire to avoid neck scars after thyroid surgery and this has led to the development of remote access robotic thyroidectomy (RT). Among the various RT approaches, unilateral transaxillary access is one of the most widely used, reporting excellent results in terms of feasibility and patient's compliance. Read More

Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2019 Mar 29;160(3):457-464. Epub 2019 Jan 29.

1 Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA.

Objectives: As the country ages, thyroidectomies can be expected to be performed more frequently among the elderly. In this study, we stratified patients by age to explore demographics and complications of patients undergoing thyroidectomy.

Study Design: Retrospective study with a national database. Read More

Head Neck 2019 Mar 4. Epub 2019 Mar 4.

Department of Otolaryngology, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia.

Background: The elderly represents one of the most rapidly growing subsets of the population. This population experiences a higher incidence of thyroid pathology. However, there are concerns that the elderly also experiences increased perioperative complications and are poor candidates for thyroidectomy. Read More

BMC Neurol 2019 Mar 2;19(1):34. Epub 2019 Mar 2.

Department of Neurology, National Hospital Organization Nagoya Medical Center, 4-1-1 Sannomaru, Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.

Background: Moyamoya vasculopathy (MMV) associated with Graves' disease (GD) is a rare condition resulting in ischemic stroke accompanied by thyrotoxicity. Radiological findings of vasculitis have been reported in the walls of distal internal carotid arteries (ICAs) in these patients; however, no reports have described in detail the processes of progression of the lesions in the proximal ICA. Moreover, treatments to prevent recurrence of ischemic stroke and progression of MMV have not yet been sufficiently elucidated. Read More

J Clin Ultrasound 2019 Feb 28. Epub 2019 Feb 28.

Department of Radiology, Konyang University Hospital, Konyang University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to compare the false negative rate, sensitivity and false positive rate of ultrasound (US)-guided fine needle aspiration (FNA) with those of US-guided core needle biopsy (CNB) for large thyroid nodules ≥2.0 cm, which reportedly have an increased risk of thyroid malignancy.

Methods: We retrospectively studied surgically confirmed thyroid nodules that had preoperative US-guided FNA or CNB between March 2005 and December 2013. Read More

Ann Surg Oncol 2019 Feb 28. Epub 2019 Feb 28.

Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Cancer Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA.

Background: Current recommendations for persistent or recurrent locoregional papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) include consideration of surgical resection versus active surveillance. The purpose of this study is to determine long-term outcomes after surgical resection of recurrent or persistent metastatic PTC in cervical lymph nodes after failure of initial surgery and radioactive iodine therapy using newer validated clinical outcomes measures.

Methods: Outcomes of 70 patients who underwent cervical lymphadenectomy (n = 110) from 1999 to 2013 for recurrent or persistent locoregional PTC metastases were reviewed. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Mar;98(9):e14703

Rationale: Teratomas are extremely rare in the thyroid gland. A cervical teratoma presenting as a cystic or mixed thyroid lesion can be easily confused with a thyroglossal duct cyst. It is difficult for pediatricians to differentiate between these 2 types of lesions. Read More

Med J Islam Repub Iran 2018 27;32:131. Epub 2018 Dec 27.

Pediatric Growth and Development Research Center, Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism ,Iran University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Iran.

Multinodular goiter (MNG) is regarded as one of the most common causes of hyperthyroidism, particularly in areas of mild-to-moderate iodine deficiency. The present study aims to explore the effects of the radioactive iodine (RAI) therapy on benign non-toxic MNG and evaluate its side effects. Patients with benign non-toxic MNG entered the study. Read More

J Clin Transl Endocrinol 2019 Jun 7;16:100183. Epub 2019 Feb 7.

University of Palermo, Department of Surgical Oncological and Oral Sciences, Division of General and Oncological Surgery, Palermo, Italy.

Purpose: Thyroidectomy is the preferred approach as the definitive treatment for Graves' disease. The outcomes for total thyroidectomy in a large series of 594 patients, who were observed in the last decade, will be presented in this study.

Methods: The study concerned a retrospective review of 594 patients, undergoing a total thyroidectomy for Graves' disease. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Feb;98(8):e14630

Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, China.

Rationale: Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) is an autoimmune disease that mainly affects the lungs and kidneys. Limited reports of perioperative management of such patients were primarily concerned with airway stenosis. Here, we report a patient with AAV who developed diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) early after radical thyroidectomy. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Feb;98(8):e14551

Henan Office for Cancer Control and Research.

Background: China has a high burden of head and neck cancer globally and oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) has been hypothesized as a risk factor for head and neck cancer, but research was absent for establishing HPV prevalence in China. We aimed to conduct a meta-analysis to estimate the high-risk HPV-18 prevalence of head and neck cancer in the Chinese population.

Methods: This meta-analysis was reported following the guideline of PRISMA. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Feb;98(8):e14455

Department of Thyroid Surgery.

Background: Thyroidectomy is the main intervention for thyroid malignancies and some benign thyroid diseases. Its most common complication is hypocalcaemia, which requires oral or intravenous calcium therapy. The aim of this meta-analysis was to assess the efficacy of routine calcium supplementation with or without vitamin D in preventing hypocalcaemia post-thyroidectomy. Read More

Lin Chung Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2019 Feb;33(2):138-142

Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.

To evaluate the efficacy and safety of prophylactic central neck dissection (pCND) in papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC). The PubMed, EMbase, Web of Knowledge, CBM, Wanfang, and CNKI databases were searched, and controlled trials and cohort studies of central lymph node dissection for cervical cancer in PTMC surgery were collected. The search time was from the establishment of the library to September 2018. Read More

Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2019 Feb 23. Epub 2019 Feb 23.

The Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

Oral calcium salts are recommended for the treatment of chronic hypoparathyroidism (HypoPT), although dosimetry is variable between individual patients and clinicians. However, patient feedback on calcium salts can be negative, particularly due to gastrointestinal side effects and hypercalciuria-related complications. We begin with a clinical case of a HypoPT patient taking oral calcium salts following thyroid surgery, who requested support in reducing her dose of these with a view to stopping entirely. Read More

Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2019 Mar 22;276(3):785-792. Epub 2019 Feb 22.

Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Katharinenhospital, Kriegsbergstrasse 60, 70174, Stuttgart, Germany.

Purpose: The European Laryngological Society (ELS) has published a revised classification for benign laryngotracheal stenosis (LTS), based on their degree, longitudinal extension, and associated comorbidities. We retrospectively applied this classification to pediatric patients treated in four referral centers to assess its reliability in predicting surgical outcomes.

Methods: We included 191 pediatric LTS patients treated by segmental resection, restaged according to the degree of stenosis (I-IV according to Myer-Cotton grading system), number of subsites involved ("a" to "d" for 1-4 subsites among supraglottis, glottis, subglottis and trachea), and presence of systemic comorbidity ("+" sign). Read More

Interv Med Appl Sci 2018 Dec;10(4):198-201

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Prince Mohammed bin Nasser Hospital, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.

Background: Benign multinodular goiter (BMNG) is a common disease of the thyroid gland with palpable thyroid nodules that may be detected in 0.8%-1.5% of men and 5. Read More