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
2014
The Differential Diagnosis of Central Compartment Radioactive Iodine Uptake After Thyroidectomy: Anatomic and Surgical Considerations
Dos Reis LL, Mehra S, Scherl S, Clain J, Machac J, Urken ML. The Differential Diagnosis of Central Compartment Radioactive Iodine Uptake After Thyroidectomy: Anatomic and Surgical Considerations. Endocrine Practice 2014, 20: 832-838. PMID: 24793917, DOI: 10.4158/ep13435.ra.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBenign thyroid tissueRadioactive iodine uptakeTotal thyroidectomyThyroid tissueRAI uptakeThyroid bedClinicians' understandingIodine uptakeAnatomic complexityCentral compartment nodesPostoperative RAI therapyResidual thyroid tissueExtensive surgical experienceThyroid cancer treatmentMalignant thyroid tissueImportant anatomic considerationsLateral thyroid lobesRAI therapyAdjuvant therapyRemnant ablationPosttherapy scansSurgical considerationsParathyroid glandsPostoperative scansThyroid lobeNoninvasive Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma: Report of a Case and Literature Review
Dibelius G, Mehra S, Clain JB, Urken ML, Wenig BM. Noninvasive Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma: Report of a Case and Literature Review. Thyroid 2014, 24: 1319-1324. PMID: 24865498, DOI: 10.1089/thy.2013.0586.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnaplastic thyroid carcinomaPositron emission tomography/American Thyroid Association guidelinesFine-needle aspiration biopsyManagement of patientsSeparate disease entityEmission tomography/Evidence of invasionSimilar casesUncommon thyroid malignancyAdjuvant therapyTotal thyroidectomyDistant metastasisFavorable prognosisPreoperative imagingTomography/Disease freeImmunohistochemical evaluationAssociation guidelinesDisease entityThyroid malignancyThyroid carcinomaAspiration biopsyThyroid tumorsPatients