Featured Publications
Changes in Population-Level and Institutional-Level Prescribing Habits of Radioiodine Therapy for Papillary Thyroid Cancer
Jacobs D, Breen CT, Pucar D, Holt E, Judson BL, Mehra S. Changes in Population-Level and Institutional-Level Prescribing Habits of Radioiodine Therapy for Papillary Thyroid Cancer. Thyroid 2020, 31: 272-279. PMID: 32811347, DOI: 10.1089/thy.2020.0237.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPapillary thyroid cancerNational Cancer DatabaseThyroid cancerRadioactive iodine therapyNumber of patientsHospital-specific effectsIodine therapyAdvanced diseaseTotal thyroidectomyRadioiodine therapyPrescribing habitsRAI useCancer DatabaseMixed regression modelsPatientsJoinpoint analysisHospitalIndividual hospitalsCancerHospital selectionNational trendsThyroidectomyTherapySignificant declineRegression models
2018
Adult epiglottitis: Trends and predictors of mortality in over 30 thousand cases from 2007 to 2014
Hanna J, Brauer PR, Berson E, Mehra S. Adult epiglottitis: Trends and predictors of mortality in over 30 thousand cases from 2007 to 2014. The Laryngoscope 2018, 129: 1107-1112. PMID: 30582183, DOI: 10.1002/lary.27741.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsEmergency Service, HospitalEpiglottitisFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisRetrospective StudiesTime FactorsConceptsPredictors of mortalityEmergency departmentAdult epiglottitisPatient ageMultivariate analysisNational Emergency Department SampleStudy periodAverage patient ageEmergency Department SampleOverall mean ageLower ratesAirway interventionClinical factorsAirway proceduresSmoking statusInpatient studyMean ageAirway visualizationUnivariate analysisSignificant pathologyMortality riskEpiglottitisPatient encountersClinical interventionsMortalityNational treatment times in oropharyngeal cancer treated with primary radiation or chemoradiation
Morse E, Judson B, Husain Z, Burtness B, Yarbrough W, Sasaki C, Cheraghlou S, Mehra S. National treatment times in oropharyngeal cancer treated with primary radiation or chemoradiation. Oral Oncology 2018, 82: 122-130. PMID: 29909886, DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2018.02.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRadiation treatment durationHuman papilloma virus-positive tumorsVirus-positive tumorsOverall survivalOropharyngeal cancerTreatment durationTreatment endMedian durationTreatment initiationTreatment delayHuman papilloma virus-associated tumorsHuman papilloma virus-negative tumorsEnd intervalOropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomaCox proportional hazards regressionNational Cancer DatabaseProportional hazards regressionSquamous cell carcinomaVirus-associated tumorsVirus-negative tumorsMultivariable logisticHazards regressionCell carcinomaHuman papillomaCancer DatabaseTreatment delays in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma: A national cancer database analysis
Morse E, Fujiwara RJT, Judson B, Mehra S. Treatment delays in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma: A national cancer database analysis. The Laryngoscope 2018, 128: 2751-2758. PMID: 29756382, DOI: 10.1002/lary.27247.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLaryngeal squamous cell carcinomaOverall survivalSquamous cell carcinomaTreatment initiationNonsurgical patientsSurgical patientsTotal treatment packageMedian durationRadiation treatmentTreatment delayCell carcinomaTreatment endNational Cancer Database AnalysisEnd intervalCox proportional hazards regressionNational Cancer DatabaseProportional hazards regressionMultivariable logistic regressionDuration of diagnosisHigh-volume facilitiesTreatment packageRadiotherapy durationAdjuvant treatmentHazards regressionInsurance statusTreatment Times in Salivary Gland Cancer: National Patterns and Association with Survival
Morse E, Fujiwara RJT, Judson B, Mehra S. Treatment Times in Salivary Gland Cancer: National Patterns and Association with Survival. Otolaryngology 2018, 159: 283-292. PMID: 29460669, DOI: 10.1177/0194599818758020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOverall survivalSalivary cancerTotal treatment packageMedian durationRT durationTreatment initiationRadiation treatmentTreatment characteristicsMultivariable Cox proportional hazards regressionCox proportional hazards regressionMultivariable binary logistic regressionNational Cancer DatabaseProportional hazards regressionSalivary gland cancerTreatment packageBinary logistic regressionTherapy durationInitial treatmentFacility volumeHazards regressionFourth quartileCare transitionsGland cancerInsurance statusCancer Database
2014
Transtracheal approach to repair of a tracheo‐colonic fistula 44 years after colonic interposition
Mehra S, Scherl S, Lazarus C, Dewey E, Urken ML. Transtracheal approach to repair of a tracheo‐colonic fistula 44 years after colonic interposition. Head & Neck 2014, 36: e117-e120. PMID: 24375707, DOI: 10.1002/hed.23586.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranstracheal approachColonic interpositionTraditional lateral approachSternocleidomastoid muscle flapTracheoesophageal fistula repairPrior esophagectomyUneventful recoveryRare pathologyCase reportFistula repairMuscle flapPrimary closureLateral approachDirect repairColon mucosaFistulaAlimentary tractPatientsInterpositionTracheaRepairEffective reconstitution