2021
Alternate accesses for transcatheter aortic valve replacement: A network meta‐analysis
Hameed I, Oakley CT, Hameed NUF, Ahmed A, Naeem N, Singh S, Rizwana K, Brackett A, Forrest JK, Kaple R, Mangi A, Salemi A, Geirsson A, Gaudino M, Vallabhajosyula P. Alternate accesses for transcatheter aortic valve replacement: A network meta‐analysis. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2021, 36: 4308-4319. PMID: 34494307, DOI: 10.1111/jocs.15961.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscatheter aortic valve replacementAortic valve replacementTF accessValve replacementHigher long-term mortalityLong-term strokeSuperior postoperative outcomesLong-term mortalityRandom-effects networkComprehensive literature searchDifferent treatment groupsPostoperative outcomesTransfemoral accessRandomized trialsTA accessTranscarotidTreatment groupsTransapicalLiterature searchTC accessCombination of TFSignificant differencesStrokeProbability rankMortalitySafety 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