2019
Extent of surgery for low-risk thyroid cancer in the elderly: Equipoise in survival but not in short-term outcomes
Zambeli-Ljepović A, Wang F, Dinan MA, Hyslop T, Stang MT, Roman SA, Sosa JA, Scheri RP. Extent of surgery for low-risk thyroid cancer in the elderly: Equipoise in survival but not in short-term outcomes. Surgery 2019, 166: 895-900. PMID: 31288935, PMCID: PMC6802283, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2019.05.035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPapillary thyroid cancerLow-risk papillary thyroid cancerEmergency department visitsShort-term outcomesTotal thyroidectomyThyroid cancerFemale patientsBlack patientsEnd Results-Medicare databaseMore emergency department visitsLow-risk thyroid cancerExtent of thyroidectomyExtent of surgeryMultivariable logistic regressionUnderwent lobectomyUnplanned readmissionOlder patientsAvoidable complicationsMean ageMorbidity increasesThyroidectomyPatientsReadmissionComplicationsLobectomy
2014
Robotic Thyroidectomy for Cancer in the US: Patterns of Use and Short-Term Outcomes
Abdelgadir Adam M, Speicher P, Pura J, Dinan MA, Reed SD, Roman SA, Sosa JA. Robotic Thyroidectomy for Cancer in the US: Patterns of Use and Short-Term Outcomes. Annals Of Surgical Oncology 2014, 21: 3859-3864. PMID: 24934584, PMCID: PMC4519825, DOI: 10.1245/s10434-014-3838-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShort-term outcomesRobotic thyroidectomyMultivariable analysisOpen thyroidectomyOpen surgeryThyroid cancerPatterns of useRobotic casesRobotic groupRobotic surgeryThyroidectomy-specific complicationsUnderwent open surgeryNational Cancer DatabaseLong-term outcomesLength of stayMulti-institutional studyNon-significant increaseMore Asian patientsTotal thyroidectomyUnderwent lobectomyUnderwent thyroidectomyLymph nodesSurgery useAsian patientsPositive margins