Ethical considerations when counseling patients with thyroid cancer about surgery vs observation

LGT Morris, RJ Wong, RM Tuttle - JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & …, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Discussion| The MAUDE database demonstrates low rates of mortality associated with
robotic surgery. From 2009 to 2011, there were an estimated 2528 TORS procedures …

Morbidity and mortality associated with robotic head and neck surgery: an inquiry of the food and drug administration manufacturer and user facility device experience …

MM Chen, FC Holsinger - JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck …, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Methods| The MAUDE database was queried from January 1, 2009, to August 31, 2015.
Death, injuries, and AEs associated with use of the da Vinci Surgical System were identified …

Novel decision support interventions for low-risk thyroid cancer

SC Pitt, MC Saucke - JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Methods| We followed an iterative process outlined by the International Patient Decision Aid
Standards (Figure) and engaged stakeholders by forming a patient-family advisory board …

Most thyroid surgeries start with an asymptomatic patient

T Drake, E Caicedo-Granados - JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Sajisevi and colleagues1 report the findings of a retrospective analysis of 1328 patients in
16 centers in 4 countries who underwent thyroid surgery for thyroid pathology in 2019 …

Quality of Life After Surgical Treatment for Thyroid Cancer—Reply

S Jordan, E Cvejic, B Nickel - JAMA otolaryngology–head & neck …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
To the Editor We read with interest the article by Nickel et al. 1 The results of the study
indicated that patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) treated by hemithyroidectomy …

Shared Decision-making Among Clinicians and Patients With Low-risk Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

LM Nkhalamba, T Hampton… - … Otolaryngology–Head & …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
To the Editor Yang et al1 have extolled the virtues of shared decision-making due to the high
number of treatment options for low-risk differentiated thyroid cancer and recommend the …

Thyroid surgery through the mouth might not be as crazy as it sounds

MW Yeh - JAMA surgery, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
The courseof minimally invasive thyroid surgery in the United States has never run smooth.
The goal of these varied techniques (Table) is to move the surgical scar away from the neck …

Thyroidectomy vs active surveillance for subcentimeter papillary thyroid cancers—the cost conundrum

E Kandil, SI Noureldine, RP Tufano - JAMA Otolaryngology–Head …, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
The diagnosis of thyroid cancer is becoming prevalent in clinical practice. This trend largely
stems from improved surveillance and diagnostic imaging capable of exposing subclinical …

Putting Patients, Not Clinicians, at the Center of Care to Improve Management of Low-risk Thyroid Cancer

B Nickel, A Glover - JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
It has been said that qualitative research is the most humanistic and patient-centered way of
understanding and exploring health issues. It helps to not only understand patterns of health …

Surgeons' attitudes on total thyroidectomy vs lobectomy for management of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma

AJ Rosko, BL Gay, D Reyes-Gastelum… - … –Head & Neck …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Methods| This survey study was approved by the institutional review boards of the University
of Michigan, the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and Emory University as …