2021
Safety considerations for esophageal dilation by anesthetic type: A systematic review
Lerner MZ, Bourdillon AT, Dai F, Brackett A, Kohli N. Safety considerations for esophageal dilation by anesthetic type: A systematic review. American Journal Of Otolaryngology 2021, 42: 103128. PMID: 34216877, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2021.103128.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEsophageal dilationOffice-based techniqueSystematic reviewDerSimonian-Laird random-effects modelType of anesthesiaSmall case seriesOffice-based proceduresFull-text studiesUse of stentsRandom-effects modelComprehensive literature searchInverse variance weightingAdverse eventsAnesthetic typeCase seriesIntravenous sedationGeneral anesthesiaHigh morbidityAnesthesia techniquesLocal anesthesiaEmbase databasesExclusion criteriaEquivalent safetyPRISMA guidelinesRare disease
2019
Differentiation of lymphomatous, metastatic, and non-malignant lymphadenopathy in the neck with quantitative diffusion-weighted imaging: systematic review and meta-analysis
Payabvash S, Brackett A, Forghani R, Malhotra A. Differentiation of lymphomatous, metastatic, and non-malignant lymphadenopathy in the neck with quantitative diffusion-weighted imaging: systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuroradiology 2019, 61: 897-910. PMID: 31175398, DOI: 10.1007/s00234-019-02236-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCervical lymph nodesAverage apparent diffusion coefficientStandardized mean differenceLymph nodesNon-malignant nodesDiagnostic odds ratioCervical lymphadenopathySubgroup analysisADC thresholdSystematic reviewSuspicious cervical lymph nodesUnknown primary cancer siteMean differenceNon-malignant lymphadenopathyCochrane Central RegisterNeck lymph nodesPrimary cancer siteConfidence intervalsSROC AUCRandom-effects modelComprehensive literature searchAverage ADC valueDiffusion-weighted imagingQuantitative diffusion-weighted imagingCentral Register