2020
Assessing National Utilization Trends and Outcomes of Robotic and Endoscopic Thyroidectomy in the United States
Jacobs D, Torabi SJ, Gibson C, Rahmati R, Mehra S, Judson BL. Assessing National Utilization Trends and Outcomes of Robotic and Endoscopic Thyroidectomy in the United States. Otolaryngology 2020, 163: 947-955. PMID: 32539533, DOI: 10.1177/0194599820927699.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Cancer DatabaseEndoscopic thyroid surgeryRobotic thyroid surgeryThyroid surgeryOpen surgeryRobotic approachNational utilization trendsUnplanned hospital readmissionMultivariable logistic regressionOutcomes of roboticsPostoperative mortalityWorse morbidityComplication rateHospital readmissionEndoscopic thyroidectomyMortality outcomesPositive marginsSurgical approachNational cohortCancer DatabasePatient outcomesEndoscopic approachRetrospective analysisSurgeryOpen approach
2015
Treatment Factors Associated With Survival in Early-Stage Oral Cavity Cancer: Analysis of 6830 Cases From the National Cancer Data Base
Luryi AL, Chen MM, Mehra S, Roman SA, Sosa JA, Judson BL. Treatment Factors Associated With Survival in Early-Stage Oral Cavity Cancer: Analysis of 6830 Cases From the National Cancer Data Base. JAMA Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2015, 141: 593-598. PMID: 25974757, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2015.0719.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOral cavity squamous cell cancerNational Cancer Data BaseNeck dissectionOverall survivalImproved survivalRadiation therapyTreatment factorsMultivariable analysisPositive marginsStage IEarly-stage oral cavity cancerOral cavity squamous cell carcinomaElimination of patientsTumor prognostic featuresAdjuvant radiation therapyOccult nodal diseaseOral cavity cancerSquamous cell cancerSquamous cell carcinomaPopulation-level dataAdjuvant chemotherapyPathologic restagingNodal diseaseMost patientsPrognostic impact
2014
Positive Surgical Margins in Early Stage Oral Cavity Cancer: An Analysis of 20,602 Cases
Luryi AL, Chen MM, Mehra S, Roman SA, Sosa JA, Judson BL. Positive Surgical Margins in Early Stage Oral Cavity Cancer: An Analysis of 20,602 Cases. Otolaryngology 2014, 151: 984-990. PMID: 25257901, DOI: 10.1177/0194599814551718.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overAnalysis of VarianceCarcinoma, Squamous CellConfidence IntervalsDatabases, FactualDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMouth NeoplasmsMultivariate AnalysisNeoplasm InvasivenessNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalNeoplasm StagingOral Surgical ProceduresPrognosisRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentSurvival AnalysisTreatment OutcomeConceptsOral cavity cancerEarly oral cavity cancerPositive surgical marginsPositive marginsMargin statusSurgical marginsCase volumeEarly-stage oral cavity cancerOral cavity squamous cell cancerDifficulty of resectionNational Cancer DatabaseStage II diseaseEarly oral cancerHospital case volumeSquamous cell cancerTreatment facility typeFloor of mouthQuality of careUseful quality measureTumor factorsClinical factorsCell cancerCancer CenterOral cancerCancer Database