Current Issue January 2012, Vol. 33, No. 1

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Detecting and identifying nonrecurrent laryngeal nerve with the application of intraoperative neuromonitoring during thyroid and parathyroid operation
January 2012(Vol. 33 | No. 1 | Pages 1-5)
Feng-Yu Chiang, I-Cheng Lu, Cheng-Jing Tsai, Pi-Jung Hsiao, Ka-Wo Lee, Che-Wei Wu

Snail as a novel marker for regional metastasis in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
January 2012(Vol. 33 | No. 1 | Pages 6-13)
Abie H. Mendelsohn, Chi K. Lai, I. Peter Shintaku, Michael C. Fishbein, Katherine Brugman, David A. Elashoff, Elliot Abemayor, Steven M. Dubinett, Maie A. St. John

Similar cellular proliferation activities in nasal polyps and adjacentinferior turbinate
January 2012(Vol. 33 | No. 1 | Pages 14-19)
Chia-Chen Wu, Ta-Jen Lee, Po-Hung Chang, Chi-Neu Tsai, Yun-Shien Lee, Chia-Hsiang Fu, Chi-Che Huang

Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the head and neck
06 January 2012
Christopher J. Balamucki, Robert J. Amdur, John W. Werning, Mikhail Vaysberg, Christopher G. Morris, Jessica M. Kirwan, William M. Mendenhall
Abstract: Purpose: To report our experience using radiotherapy alone or combined with surgery to treat adenoid cystic carcinoma of the head and neck. Materials and methods: Radiotherapy alone or combi...
Delayed lymph node metastases after elective neck dissection in patients with oral and oropharyngeal cancer and pN0 neck
04 January 2012
Stephan Hoch, James Fasunla, Behfar Eivazi, Jochen Alfred Werner, Afshin Teymoortash
Abstract: Purpose: Patients with surgically treated head and neck cancer and clinical N0 neck with high risk of occult lymph node metastasis undergo elective neck dissection (ND). Late lymph node meta...
Heterotopic salivary tissue
21 December 2011
Daniel E. Cannon, Sara Szabo, Valerie A. Flanary
Abstract: Salivary tissue can be present in the head and neck outside the usual locations of the major and minor salivary glands. This can be in the form of accessory salivary glands, in association w...
Skin carcinoma of the head and neck with perineural invasion
21 December 2011
Christopher J. Balamucki, Anthony A. Mancuso, Robert J. Amdur, Jessica M. Kirwan, Christopher G. Morris, Franklin P. Flowers, Charles B. Stoer, Armand B. Cognetta, William M. Mendenhall
Abstract: Purpose: The aim of the study was to update the experience treating cutaneous squamous cell and basal cell carcinomas of the head and neck with incidental or clinical perineural invasion (PN...
The intraparotid facial nerve schwannoma: a diagnostic and management conundrum
21 December 2011
Brian C. Gross, Matthew L. Carlson, Eric J. Moore, Colin L. Driscoll, Kerry D. Olsen
Abstract: Objectives: The aims of the study were (1) to review the management strategy and clinical outcomes of all intraparotid facial nerve (FN) schwannomas (PFNSs) treated at a single tertiary acad...

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