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Hearing Preservation Rates After Cochlear Implantation Using Soft Surgery Techniques
ABSTRACT Objectives To determine if hearing preservation rates after cochlear implantation varied over time with soft surgery techniques. Methods The hearing preservation rate over time in adult cochlear implant patients over 10 years was analyzed. The association between hearing preservation rate and sex, age, perioperative steroid dose, and type of ...
Tina C. Huang, Scott Lunos
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Association of Glucagon‐Like Peptide—1 Receptor Analogues and Laryngeal Symptoms in Obese Adults
Table 1 succinctly quantifies the time‑dependent association between GLP‑1RA/GIP therapy and laryngeal symptoms, demonstrating modest but statistically robust increases in outcomes such as cough and voice/resonance disorders by 6 months. It provides clinically actionable absolute risks, odds ratios, and hazard ratios that can directly inform counseling,
Priyanka Shah +4 more
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Contemporary Treatment Patterns in Surgically Treated Temporal Bone Cancer
In a national cohort of 811 surgically treated temporal bone cancer patients, adjuvant radiation therapy was the most frequently utilized postoperative treatment (20.3%), while chemotherapy and immunotherapy were used far less frequently. Multimodal treatment, particularly combined parotidectomy and neck dissection, was strongly associated with higher ...
Raquel Rowell +4 more
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Association of Neighborhood Deprivation With Breslow Thickness in Head and Neck Cutaneous Melanoma
Neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation, measured by the Area Deprivation Index (ADI), was independently associated with greater Breslow thickness in patients with primary head and neck cutaneous melanoma treated at a single tertiary care center. Patients residing in the most deprived neighborhoods had, on average, 1.40 mm greater tumor thickness ...
Evan A. Thomas +7 more
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Radiofrequency Ablation as a Safe and Effective Treatment for Thyroid Nodules After Lobectomy
ABSTRACT Background A new symptomatic nodule may develop or a preexisting nodule may grow to warrant treatment in the remaining lobe of patients who previously had a unilateral thyroid lobectomy. Conventional management often results in completion thyroidectomy, but radiofrequency ablation (RFA) offers a minimally invasive alternative to surgical ...
Yaser Bashumeel +11 more
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EHR‐Integrated Synoptic Operative Reporting for Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery
EHR‐integrated synoptic operative templates for head and neck oncologic surgery was developed and implemented at a tertiary academic cancer center. Departmental adherence rose from 49% to nearly 80% over 6 months, and 94.5% of reviewed cases met targets for complete, internally consistent documentation. The resulting structured data dictionary provides
Miriam N. Lango +14 more
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Facial Paralysis: Diagnosis, Comorbidities, and Chemodenervation
ABSTRACT Objectives Facial paralysis (FP) is associated with significant functional and psychosocial morbidity, yet potential racial and ethnic disparities in its diagnosis, associated comorbidities, and treatment patterns remain poorly characterized.
Amy Wang +5 more
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Revision Inferior Turbinate Reduction: Rates and Predictors
In a multi‐institutional retrospective cohort of patients who had inferior turbinate reduction, 4.3% needed revision surgery, at a median of 42 months (IQR 18–67). At revision, there was a shift toward less invasive techniques and office‐based procedures.
Shahid Iqbal +6 more
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Abstract Background Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) has shown mitochondrial and neuroprotective effects and has been proposed as a treatment for Parkinson's disease (PD). However, population‐level evidence on its effect on PD risk is lacking. Objectives To compare the risk of incident PD among UDCA initiators versus matched non‐initiators within a ...
Chengsheng Ju +7 more
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