2016
Pretreatment predictors of adjuvant chemoradiation in patients receiving transoral robotic surgery for squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx: a case control study
Subramanian HE, Park HS, Barbieri A, Mahajan A, Judson BL, Mehra S, Yarbrough WG, Burtness BA, Husain ZA. Pretreatment predictors of adjuvant chemoradiation in patients receiving transoral robotic surgery for squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx: a case control study. Cancers Of The Head & Neck 2016, 1: 7. PMID: 31093337, PMCID: PMC6460847, DOI: 10.1186/s41199-016-0008-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTransoral robotic surgeryPositive lymph nodesPreoperative patient characteristicsLymph node sizePositive surgical marginsExtracapsular extensionLymph nodesPatient characteristicsSurgical marginsAdjuvant chemoradiationNeck dissectionIndependent predictorsPositive marginsLymph node extracapsular extensionSingle-institution retrospective studyNode sizeLogistic regressionRobotic surgeryNodal extracapsular extensionPreoperative lymph nodeEarly-stage diseaseMajority of patientsSquamous cell carcinomaCase-control studyPrimary oropharyngeal cancer
2009
Endoscopic endonasal repair of anterior skull base non-traumatic cerebrospinal fluid leaks, meningoceles, and encephaloceles.
Nyquist GG, Anand VK, Mehra S, Kacker A, Schwartz TH. Endoscopic endonasal repair of anterior skull base non-traumatic cerebrospinal fluid leaks, meningoceles, and encephaloceles. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2009, 113: 961-6. PMID: 19929192, DOI: 10.3171/2009.10.jns08986.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndoscopic endonasal repairAnterior skull baseEndoscopic endonasal approachCSF leakEndonasal repairCribriform plateEndonasal approachFrontal sinusSkull baseClosure rateAverage body mass indexProspective observational studyBody mass indexCerebrospinal fluid leakLateral sphenoid sinusSkull base defectsEndoscopic seriesPostoperative debridementPerioperative treatmentConsecutive patientsPatient characteristicsEncephalocele repairMass indexFemale sexEndoscopic repair