Clinical Otolaryngology, EarlyView.

Abstract Introduction To evaluate the diagnostic efficiency among the clinical model, the radiomics model and the nomogram that combined radiomics features, frozen section (FS) analysis and clinical characteristics for the prediction of lymph node (LN) metastasis in patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). Methods A total of 208 patients were...

Abstract Objectives Existing knowledge on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after surgical removal of sinonasal inverted papilloma (IP) is limited. Moreover, predictors for a better or worse post-operative HRQoL outcome are not known. Our aim was to assess HRQoL in all three health domains (physical, psychological, and social), track its post-operative...

Clinical Otolaryngology, Volume 49, Issue 3, Page i-iii, May 2024.

Abstract Objective To determine the patient and treatment characteristics associated with delay in post-operative radiation therapy (PORT) for patients treated surgically for head and neck squamous cell cancer (HNSCC) at our institution. Design Single institution retrospective review. Setting Tertiary care academic medical centre. Participants...

Abstract Introduction To assess the usage of contralateral infrahyoid muscles as onlay flap in prevention of pharyngo-cutaneous fistula (PCF) in total laryngectomy (TL) patients with high risk factors of PCF development. Methods This study included 10 patients who suffered from advanced laryngeal carcinoma with presence of risk factors for development...