2024
Racial Disparities in Perioperative Outcomes for Patients With Head and Neck Cancer
Fereydooni S, Valdez C, Williams L, Verma A, Judson B. Racial Disparities in Perioperative Outcomes for Patients With Head and Neck Cancer. Head & Neck 2024 PMID: 39713894, DOI: 10.1002/hed.28034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHead and neck cancerBlack patientsPerioperative outcomesPerioperative complicationsNeck cancerSocial determinants of health variablesNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseRacial disparitiesHead and neck cancer surgeryQuality Improvement Program databaseComprehensive surgical databaseDrainage of abscessesAlaskan Native patientsFramework of healthAssociation of raceEvidence of racial disparitiesMultivariate logistic regressionExtended hospital stayNon-home dischargePostoperative hemorrhageSurgical databasePostoperative transfusionReoperation rateSurgical debridementSocial determinantsPredisposing, Enabling, and Need Factors Driving Palliative Care Use in Head and Neck Cancer
Fereydooni S, Valdez C, Williams L, Malik D, Mehra S, Judson B. Predisposing, Enabling, and Need Factors Driving Palliative Care Use in Head and Neck Cancer. Otolaryngology 2024, 171: 1069-1082. PMID: 38796734, DOI: 10.1002/ohn.819.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPalliative careAssociated with palliative carePC usePalliative care useAnderson Behavioral ModelHealth service useHigher incomePrivate insuranceHead and neck cancerNational Cancer DatabaseHigher comorbidity indexMultivariate logistic regressionCare useService useMonths of lifeNeed factorsInformational counselingEnabling factorsHispanic ethnicityPC indicatorsCancer DatabaseNeck cancerBlack raceRetrospective studyCurative treatment
2014
Trends and variations in the use of adjuvant therapy for patients with head and neck cancer
Chen MM, Roman SA, Yarbrough WG, Burtness BA, Sosa JA, Judson BL. Trends and variations in the use of adjuvant therapy for patients with head and neck cancer. Cancer 2014, 120: 3353-3360. PMID: 25042524, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.28870.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdjuvant therapyAdverse pathologic featuresAdjuvant chemoradiationPathologic featuresNeck cancerNational Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelinesNational Cancer Data BaseMedicare/Medicaid insuranceImproved overall survivalHospital-level factorsCox multivariate regressionLog-rank testMultivariate logistic regressionForm of radiotherapyQuality of careAdjuvant radiotherapyOverall survivalMedicaid insuranceNetwork guidelinesCancer CenterLaryngeal cancerPractice patternsChemoradiationOral cavityPatientsSafety of Adult Tonsillectomy: A Population-Level Analysis of 5968 Patients
Chen MM, Roman SA, Sosa JA, Judson BL. Safety of Adult Tonsillectomy: A Population-Level Analysis of 5968 Patients. JAMA Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2014, 140: 197-202. PMID: 24481159, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2013.6215.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdult tonsillectomyPostoperative complicationsReoperation rateSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramNational Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramSurgical Quality Improvement ProgramSuperficial site infectionRetrospective cohort studyIndependent risk factorUrinary tract infectionSmall case seriesMultivariate logistic regressionOutcomes of interestPopulation-level analysisQuality Improvement ProgramFirst population-level analysisChronic tonsillitisAdult patientsCohort studyCommon complicationComplication rateMost patientsPostoperative periodTract infectionsSite infection
2013
Post‐discharge Complications Predict Reoperation and Mortality after Otolaryngology Surgery
Chen M, Roman S, Sosa J, Judson B. Post‐discharge Complications Predict Reoperation and Mortality after Otolaryngology Surgery. Otolaryngology 2013, 149: p51-p51. DOI: 10.1177/0194599813495815a56.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPost-discharge complicationsOtolaryngology surgeryComplication rateMultivariate analysisProcedure-specific ratesTongue/floorRetrospective cohort studyVenous thromboembolic eventsACS-NSQIP databaseHigh-risk patientsRisk of reoperationSurgical site infectionLonger operative timeMultivariate logistic regressionPost-discharge eventsOutcomes of interestT-testChi-square testStudent's t-testAnesthesiologists classUnplanned reoperationHospital stayPostoperative complicationsThromboembolic eventsAdult patients
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