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ArticleActa otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale2015

Parapharyngeal metastases from thyroid cancer: surgical management of two cases with minimally-invasive video-assisted technique.

L Giordano, F Pilolli, S Toma, M Bussi

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Article in Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Squamous cell carcinoma metastatic to the lymph nodes of the parapharyngeal space: case series and systematic review.Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale · 2024
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  4. The transcervical-transparotid corridor for management of parapharyngeal space neoplasms: strengths and limits in a bi-institutional retrospective series.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2024
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  9. Endoscopic-assisted transoral-transpharyngeal approach to parapharyngeal space and infratemporal fossa: focus on feasibility and lessons learned.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2016
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  10. Parapharyngeal space tumours: video-assisted minimally invasive transcervical approach.Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale · 2016
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  11. A Comparison of Transoral Versus Transcervical Surgical Approaches to Retropharyngeal Lymphadenectomy: A Scoping Review.Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

L GiordanoOtorhinolaryngology Unit, Head and Neck Department, "San Raffaele" Hospital and Vita-Salute University, Milano, Italy.
F PilolliOtorhinolaryngology Unit, Head and Neck Department, "San Raffaele" Hospital and Vita-Salute University, Milano, Italy.
S TomaOtorhinolaryngology Unit, Head and Neck Department, "San Raffaele" Hospital and Vita-Salute University, Milano, Italy.
M BussiOtorhinolaryngology Unit, Head and Neck Department, "San Raffaele" Hospital and Vita-Salute University, Milano, Italy.
Vita-Salute San Raffaele University · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metastases to parapharyngeal or retropharyngeal lymph nodes are rare in well-differentiated thyroid cancers. A review of English literature found only 112 cases reported in the last two decades, with an incidence of parapharyngeal lymph nodes metastases ranging from 0.43 to 2.5%. Surgical resection is the most effective treatment for patients with parapharyngeal lymph node metastasis from thyroid carcinoma. We describe two cases of thyroid cancer parapharyngeal lymph node metastases that were surgically removed using a traditional transcervical approach, with the help of a minimally-invasive video-assisted technique. A video-assisted minimally-invasive transcervical approach is a new technique for excision of sizable benign tumours and selected malignant tumours. The endoscopic technique allows clear identification of critical surgical landmarks that guide the dissection through the correct cleavage plane in a nearly bloodless surgical field, thus decreasing the rate of complications. In both patients postoperative follow-up showed no sequelae and recurrence after 20 and 15 months from surgery.

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HumansLymphatic MetastasisLymph Node ExcisionNeck DissectionNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalPharyngeal NeoplasmsThyroidectomyThyroid NeoplasmsParapharyngeal space metastasesThyroid cancerVideo-assisted transcervical approach

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PMID26824217
PMCPMC4731884
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