2014
Extrathyroidal Extension Predicts Extranodal Extension in Patients with Positive Lymph Nodes: An Important Association That May Affect Clinical Management
Clain JB, Scherl S, Dos Reis L, Turk A, Wenig BM, Mehra S, Karle WE, Urken ML. Extrathyroidal Extension Predicts Extranodal Extension in Patients with Positive Lymph Nodes: An Important Association That May Affect Clinical Management. Thyroid 2014, 24: 951-957. PMID: 24443878, DOI: 10.1089/thy.2013.0557.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExtranodal extensionLymph nodesPrimary tumorPresence of ENEAmerican Pathologists (CAP) protocolNode-positive patientsPositive lymph nodesRecurrent lymph nodesUpstaging of patientsMajority of patientsAggressive disease biologyLong-term survivalPresence of extensionCompletion thyroidectomyPositive nodesNodal metastasisRetrospective reviewHistologic featuresClinical managementDisease aggressivenessThyroid cancerT4 casesThyroid carcinomaHigh incidencePatients
2013
Factors Predictive of Voice and Swallowing Outcomes after Anterior Approaches to the Cervical Spine
Mehra S, Heineman TE, Cammisa FP, Girardi FP, Sama AA, Kutler DI. Factors Predictive of Voice and Swallowing Outcomes after Anterior Approaches to the Cervical Spine. Otolaryngology 2013, 150: 259-265. PMID: 24367048, DOI: 10.1177/0194599813515414.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnterior transcervical approachSpinal levelAnterior approachSurgical factorsCervical spineTranscervical approachPostoperative voiceHistorical cohort studyKaplan-Meier methodVoice complaintsCervical spine diseaseAcademic medical centerSwallowing complaintsCohort studySwallowing outcomesConsecutive patientsMedian timePostoperative issuesSwallowing problemsFactors PredictiveSpine diseaseNeck surgeonsMedical CenterHigh incidencePatients