2018
Association of Parathyroid Hormone Level With Postthyroidectomy Hypocalcemia: A Systematic Review
Mathur A, Nagarajan N, Kahan S, Schneider E, Zeiger M. Association of Parathyroid Hormone Level With Postthyroidectomy Hypocalcemia: A Systematic Review. JAMA Surgery 2018, 153: 69-76. PMID: 29167863, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.3398.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParathyroid hormone levelsPTH thresholdPTH levelsPrognostic significancePostthyroidectomy hypocalcemiaHormone levelsSystematic reviewTrue prognostic significanceAdditional prospective studiesEarly predictive markerDevelopment of hypocalcemiaFull-text publicationsLaboratory drawsTotal thyroidectomyCalcium supplementationCochrane DatabaseParathyroid hormoneProspective studyPredictive markerIndependent reviewersHypocalcemiaStudy characteristicsThyroidectomyHypocalcaemiaInitial search
2015
MicroRNA Expression and Association with Clinicopathologic Features in Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Systematic Review
Han P, Weng C, Khawaja H, Nagarajan N, Schneider E, Umbricht C, Witwer K, Zeiger M. MicroRNA Expression and Association with Clinicopathologic Features in Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Systematic Review. Thyroid 2015, 25: 1322-1329. PMID: 26414548, DOI: 10.1089/thy.2015.0193.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAggressive clinicopathologic featuresPapillary thyroid cancerClinicopathologic featuresThyroid cancerRoutine central lymph node dissectionSystematic reviewCentral lymph node dissectionMiR expression levelsLymph node dissectionLymph node metastasisLarger tumor sizeUseful prognostic markerExpression levelsWeb of ScienceFull-text publicationsNode dissectionLymphovascular invasionDistant metastasisIndependent predictorsNode metastasisAggressive featuresPrognostic significanceProspective studyTumor sizePrognostic marker