2018
Upfront surgery versus definitive chemoradiotherapy in patients with human Papillomavirus-associated oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer
Kelly JR, Park HS, An Y, Yarbrough WG, Contessa JN, Decker R, Mehra S, Judson BL, Burtness B, Husain Z. Upfront surgery versus definitive chemoradiotherapy in patients with human Papillomavirus-associated oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer. Oral Oncology 2018, 79: 64-70. PMID: 29598952, DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2018.02.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Cancer DatabasePrimary surgeryOverall survivalAdjuvant chemoradiotherapyDefinitive chemoradiotherapyUpfront surgerySurgical patientsHuman papillomavirus-associated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomaOropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomaPropensity score-matched analysisOropharyngeal squamous cell cancerCox proportional hazards regressionMultivariable Cox regressionNon-private insuranceInferior overall survivalMargin-negative resectionSquamous cell cancerProportional hazards regressionSquamous cell carcinomaLog-rank testChi-square testClinicopathologic predictorsSimilar OSSurgery patientsTrimodal therapy
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