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Recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring during thyroidectomy and related cervical procedures in the pediatric populationW Matthew White
Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, and Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 135:88-94. 2009..Although the risk of RLN injury is reportedly higher in the pediatric population, little data exist regarding the use of intraoperative RLN monitoring in children and adolescents...
Electrophysiologic recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring during thyroid and parathyroid surgery: international standards guideline statementGregory W Randolph
Department of Otology and Laryngology, Division of Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Laryngoscope 121:S1-16. 2011..We hope this work will minimize inappropriate variations in monitoring rather than to dictate practice options...
Recurrent laryngeal nerve identification and assessment during thyroid surgery: laryngeal palpationGregory W Randolph
Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, 243 Charles Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
World J Surg 28:755-60. 2004..We believe that laryngeal palpation is useful as an adjunct to formal EMG monitoring during thyroid and parathyroid surgery...
The importance of preoperative laryngoscopy in patients undergoing thyroidectomy: voice, vocal cord function, and the preoperative detection of invasive thyroid malignancyGregory W Randolph
Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Surgery 139:357-62. 2006..This study was performed to analyze the presentation of patients with invasive thyroid malignancy and to determine the preoperative symptomatic and radiographic correlates of vocal cord paralysis...
Treatment of thyroid cancer: 2007--a basic reviewGregory W Randolph
Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgical Divisions, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Endocrine Surgical Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 69:S92-7. 2007
The surgical management of goiter: Part II. Surgical treatment and resultsGregory W Randolph
Department of Otology and Laryngology and Division of Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Laryngoscope 121:68-76. 2011....
Clinical and cytological features predictive of malignancy in thyroid follicular neoplasmsCarrie C Lubitz
Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Thyroid 20:25-31. 2010..The aim of this study was to determine predictive characteristics of follicular neoplasms useful for clinical application...
Spontaneous and evoked laryngeal electromyography of the thyroarytenoid muscles: a canine model for intraoperative recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoringAndrew R Scott
Department of Otology and Laryngology, Pediatric Division, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 119:54-63. 2010....
Surgical drains can be safely avoided in lateral neck dissections for papillary thyroid cancerMichal Mekel
Endocrine Surgery Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Am J Surg 199:485-90. 2010..Drains are widely used in lateral neck dissections (LNDs). Our objective was to compare outcomes of LNDs for papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) with and without drains...
BRAF(V600E) status adds incremental value to current risk classification systems in predicting papillary thyroid carcinoma recurrenceJason D Prescott
Endocrine Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Surgery 152:984-90. 2012..No current risk classification system incorporates BRAF mutational status. Here, we assess the incremental value of BRAF mutational status in predicting PTC recurrence relative to existing recurrence risk algorithms...
Diagnostic yield of nondiagnostic thyroid nodules is not altered by timing of repeat biopsyCarrie C Lubitz
Department of Surgery Endocrine Surgery Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Thyroid 22:590-4. 2012..Our aims were to assess which factors influenced their clinical management and to determine if the timing of the repeat FNAB affects the diagnostic yield...
Serial electromyography of the thyroarytenoid muscles using the NIM-response system in a canine model of vocal fold paralysisAndrew R Scott
Dept of Otology and Laryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, 243 Charles St, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 118:56-66. 2009..We sought to determine whether serial intraoperative laryngeal electromyography (L-EMG) or evoked L-EMG predicts vocal fold (VF) recovery following iatrogenic injury...
Accuracy of 4-dimensional computed tomography in poorly localized patients with primary hyperparathyroidismCarrie C Lubitz
Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Surgery 148:1129-37; discussion 1137-8. 2010..We assessed the role of 4D-CT in patients with inconclusive preoperative ultrasound and sestamibi localization studies...
Preoperative basal calcitonin and tumor stage correlate with postoperative calcitonin normalization in patients undergoing initial surgical management of medullary thyroid carcinomaDana T Yip
Departments of Surgery, Pathology, and Thyroid Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Surgery 150:1168-77. 2011..We hypothesized that preoperative serum levels of calcitonin and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) correlate with extent of disease and postoperative levels reflect the extent of operation performed...
Evidence-based medicine in otolaryngology, part 2: the current state of affairsJennifer J Shin
Division of Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 144:331-7. 2011..Third, patient-based efforts to promote and participate in evidence-based practice are explored. In addition, a discussion of the relevant supportive efforts made by our professional organizations is included...
The surgical management of goiter: Part I. Preoperative evaluationJennifer J Shin
Division of Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Laryngoscope 121:60-7. 2011..SUDY DESIGN: A retrospective review of 200 consecutive thyroidectomies meeting inclusion/exclusion criteria for cervical or substernal goiter...
Evidence-based medicine in otolaryngology, Part 3: everyday probabilities: diagnostic tests with binary resultsJennifer J Shin
Division of Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 147:185-92. 2012....
Evidence-based medicine in otolaryngology, part 1: the multiple faces of evidence-based medicineJennifer J Shin
Division of Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 142:637-46. 2010..We also place evidence-based medicine in the context of the mindset of traditional medicine and anticipate future developments...
Surface electromyographic activity in total laryngectomy patients following laryngeal nerve transfer to neck strap musclesJames T Heaton
W. M. Keck Foundation Neural Prosthesis Research Center, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 113:754-64. 2004..The results show that neck surface electromyography is an effective control source for hands-free electrolarynx activation, and that RLN transfer may provide the best approach for obtaining phonation-related activity...
Intraoperative laryngeal electromyography in children with vocal fold immobility: a simplified techniqueAndrew R Scott
Department of Otology and Laryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, 243 Charles Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 72:31-40. 2008..Our secondary objective was to determine if laryngeal electromyography data provided any additional information that significantly influenced patient management...
Thyroid fine-needle aspiration biopsy: variability in reportingCarol M Lewis
Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Thyroid 19:717-23. 2009..Here we examine the sources of these discrepancies by evaluating large series of thyroid FNAB with regard to cytopathologic reporting and statistical calculation...
Predictors of an accurate preoperative sestamibi scan for single-gland parathyroid adenomasAntonia E Stephen
Department of Surgical Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Arch Surg 142:381-6. 2007..To investigate why some patients with single parathyroid adenomas have negative preoperative sestamibi scans...
The prognostic significance of nodal metastases from papillary thyroid carcinoma can be stratified based on the size and number of metastatic lymph nodes, as well as the presence of extranodal extensionGregory W Randolph
1 Departments of Otolaryngology and General Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Thyroid 22:1144-52. 2012....
Radioactive iodine lobe ablation as an alternative to completion thyroidectomy for follicular carcinoma of the thyroidGregory W Randolph
Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Thyroid 12:989-96. 2002....
An evidence-based review of poorly differentiated thyroid cancerEnoch M Sanders
Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
World J Surg 31:934-45. 2007....
Workup of well-differentiated thyroid carcinomaCristian M Slough
Department of Otolaryngology, Oregon Health and Science University, Oregon, USA
Cancer Control 13:99-105. 2006..The extent of thyroidectomy is tailored not only to the patient's risk group and gross operative findings but also to the progress of the specific surgery in terms of parathyroid and recurrent laryngeal nerve preservation...
