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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
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 carcinomaPatientsTreatment 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 status