Otolaryngology

Prediction of Immunohistochemistry of Suspected Thyroid Nodules by Use of Machine Learning-Based Radiomics.

The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a radiomics model for evaluating immunohistochemical characteristics in patients with suspected thyroid nodules. A total of 103 patients (training cohort-to-validation cohort ratio, ≈ 3:1) with suspected thyroid nodules who had undergone thyroidectomy and immunohistochemical analysis were enrolled. The immunohistochemical markers were cytoker...

Comparison of robot-assisted modified radical neck dissection using a bilateral axillary breast approach with a conventional open procedure after propensity score matching.

BACKGROUND: There is ongoing debate about whether or not robot-assisted thyroidectomy is appropriate for modified radical neck dissection (MRND). The purpose of this study was to compare the surgical outcomes of robot-assisted MRND with those of a conventional open procedure.

Sodium hydroxide-induced esophageal stricture via an endoscopic injection needle: a novel rabbit model of corrosive injury.

Benign strictures of the esophagus are commonly encountered in clinical practice and are difficult to manage conservatively. This study aimed to esta...

Evolution Strategies in Transaxillary Robotic Thyroidectomy: Considerations on the First 449 Cases Performed.

BACKGROUND: In the past 20 years, the fast spread of new surgical technologies has reached an important peak with the advent of the robotic surgery. M...

[Robot-assisted transaxillary thyroid surgery; 5 years later].

Five years ago, robot-assisted transaxillary thyroidectomy (RATT) was introduced in the Netherlands. The major advantage of this technique, when compa...

Artificial Intelligence for the Otolaryngologist: A State of the Art Review.

OBJECTIVE: To provide a state of the art review of artificial intelligence (AI), including its subfields of machine learning and natural language proc...

A contemporary review of machine learning in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery.

One of the key challenges with big data is leveraging the complex network of information to yield useful clinical insights. The confluence of massive ...

Reply to Letter to the Editor regarding "Carbon Dioxide Embolism during Transoral Robotic Thyroidectomy: A Case Report".

Letter to the Editor regarding "Carbon dioxide embolism during transoral robotic thyroidectomy: A case report".

Applied Force during Piston Prosthesis Placement in a 3D-Printed Model: Freehand vs Robot-Assisted Techniques.

OBJECTIVES: To describe a 3D-printed middle ear model that quantifies the force applied to the modeled incus. To compare the forces applied during pla...

Robotic Head and Neck Surgery: History, Technical Evolution and the Future.

The first application of robotic technology in surgery was described in 1985 when a robot was used to define the trajectory for a stereotactic brain b...

Using Technology in Global Otolaryngology.

Technology is integral to the diverse diagnostics and interventions of Otolaryngology. Historically, major advances in this field derive from advances...

Development and validation of an LC-MS/MS method for quantification of NC-8 in rat plasma and its application to pharmacokinetic studies.

ent-16-Oxobeyeran-19-N-methylureido (NC-8) is a recently synthesized derivative of isosteviol that showed anti-hepatitis B virus (HBV) activity by dis...

Neural Network Classifier for Automatic Detection of Invasive Versus Noninvasive Airway Management Technique Based on Respiratory Monitoring Parameters in a Pediatric Anesthesia.

Children undergoing general anesthesia require airway monitoring by an anesthesia provider. The airway may be supported with noninvasive devices such ...

An Unusual Case of Metastatic Functional Thyroid Carcinoma With a Remarkable Treatment Response to Radioactive Iodine.

Functional thyroid carcinoma is an unusual cause of thyrotoxicosis. We describe the clinical presentation and treatment of a patient with thyrotoxicos...

Risk factors associated with high thyroglobulin level following radioactive iodine ablation, measured 12 months after treatment for papillary thyroid carcinoma.

PURPOSE: The measurement of serum thyroglobulin (Tg) of papillary thyroid carcinoma patients, 12 months after total thyroidectomy and radioactive iodi...

Effects of airway evaluation parameters on the laryngeal view grade in mandibular prognathism and retrognathism patients.

BACKGROUND: Failure to maintain a patent airway can result in brain damage or death. In patients with mandibular prognathism or retrognathism, intubat...

Papillary thyroid carcinomas with biochemical incomplete or indeterminate responses to initial treatment: repeat stimulated thyroglobulin assay to identify disease-free patients.

Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) patients treated with thyroidectomy and radioiodine remnant ablation (RRA) often have detectable TSH-stimulated thyrogl...

A case of minimal change nephrotic syndrome with hypothyroidism deterioration.

A 73-year-old woman with Graves' disease underwent total thyroidectomy and was being treated with levothyroxine. She developed edema in the lower regi...

Intact parathormone measurement 1 hour after total thyroidectomy as a predictor of symptomatic hypocalcemia.

OBJECTIVE: Postoperative iPTH assay may predict significant hypocalcemia after thyroid surgery. The present study aimed to evaluate the ability of iPT...