The invasion and migration occurring in primary neoplastic tissue explants were studied by
using a three-dimensional collagen matrix model, subsequent time-lapse videomicroscopy, …

Background Cervical hematoma can be a potentially fatal complication after thyroidectomy,
but its risk factors and timing remain poorly understood. Methods We conducted a …

Background Parathyroid dysfunction leading to symptomatic hypocalcemia is not uncommon
following a total or completion thyroidectomy and is often associated with significant patient …

Context: Novel molecular diagnostics, such as the gene expression classifier (GEC) and
gene mutation panel (GMP) testing, may improve the management for thyroid nodules with …

Background A minority of metastatic well-differentiated thyroid cancer (WDTC) patients present
with end-organ disease other than in the lung, bone or lymph nodes. These metastases …

Background Recent series of incidental thyroid activity on fluorodeoxyglucose positron
emission tomography (FDG-PET) in patients evaluated for nonthyroidal malignancy, which we …

• Changes in medical practice such as increased use of neck imaging and fine-needle
aspiration biopsy• Greater exposure to radiation associated with increased use of computed …

Objective To determine whether sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy can accurately predict
central compartment metastasis in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma. Design …

Successful reconstruction for excisional defects of the head and neck and esophagus was
accomplished in 93 percent of our patients using microvascular free tissue transfer. Complete …

Background Open surgical cricopharyngeal myotomy(CM) is considered standard of care for
Zenker’s diverticulum(ZD). Trans-oral CM has been described using a rigid stapling device …