Featured Publications
Positive margin rates and predictors in transoral robotic surgery after federal approval: A national quality study
Hanna J, Morse E, Brauer PR, Judson B, Mehra S. Positive margin rates and predictors in transoral robotic surgery after federal approval: A national quality study. Head & Neck 2019, 41: 3064-3072. PMID: 31058417, DOI: 10.1002/hed.25792.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive margin rateTransoral robotic surgeryLow positive margin rateLow-volume facilitiesHigh-volume facilitiesPositive marginsT classificationMargin rateHuman papilloma virus (HPV) statusRobotic surgeryLymph-vascular invasionNational Cancer DatabaseMargin statusRetrospective reviewTumor subsiteVirus statusCancer DatabaseMultivariable regressionLinear associationPatientsSurgeryQuality studiesStatusAssociation
2019
Margins in Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Treated with Transoral Laser Microsurgery: A National Database Study
Hanna J, Brauer PR, Morse E, Mehra S. Margins in Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Treated with Transoral Laser Microsurgery: A National Database Study. Otolaryngology 2019, 161: 986-992. PMID: 31476984, DOI: 10.1177/0194599819874315.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive margin rateLaryngeal squamous cell carcinomaPercent of patientsSquamous cell carcinomaPositive marginsTransoral laser microsurgeryMargin rateMargin statusT stageCell carcinomaNational Cancer DatabaseNational database studyMultivariable logistic regressionProper patient selectionEquivalent survival benefitLaser microsurgeryLaryngeal laser surgeryMicrosurgery resectionT3 tumorsNonacademic centersSurvival benefitGlottic tumorsMultivariable analysisPatient selectionRetrospective reviewPositive Surgical Margins in Submandibular Malignancies: Facility and Practice Variation
Benchetrit L, Morse E, Judson BL, Mehra S. Positive Surgical Margins in Submandibular Malignancies: Facility and Practice Variation. Otolaryngology 2019, 161: 620-628. PMID: 31159649, DOI: 10.1177/0194599819852094.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive margin ratePositive surgical marginsPositive marginsOverall survivalMargin rateSurgical resectionSurgical marginsSubmandibular carcinomaCox proportional hazards regressionMultivariable logistic regression analysisCancer-accredited hospitalsPreoperative diagnostic biopsiesNational Cancer DatabasePrimary surgical resectionAdvanced T stageKaplan-Meier curvesProportional hazards regressionLogistic regression analysisQuality of careCarcinoma histologyRetrospective cohortMargin statusPreoperative biopsyT stageHazards regression
2018
Positive surgical margins in parotid malignancies: Institutional variation and survival association
Morse E, Fujiwara RJT, Judson B, Prasad ML, Mehra S. Positive surgical margins in parotid malignancies: Institutional variation and survival association. The Laryngoscope 2018, 129: 129-137. PMID: 30194762, DOI: 10.1002/lary.27221.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive surgical marginsPositive margin rateOverall survivalSurgical marginsHigh-volume facilitiesMargin ratePositive marginsParotid malignanciesMucoepidermoid carcinomaCox proportional hazards regressionOverall positive margin rateLow-grade mucoepidermoid carcinomaNational Cancer DatabaseProportional hazards regressionMultivariable logistic regressionPositive margin statusRetrospective database analysisParotid cancerMargin statusHazards regressionCancer DatabaseSurvival associationsDecreased oddsCystic carcinomaPatients