Surgeons Use Neck Muscle, Surrounding Tissue As Lip Implant

Augmenting the lips with grafts of muscle and connective tissue from the neck appears to result in improved appearance for at least two years, according to a report in the March/April issue of Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. “Since ancient times, women have used plant dyes and colored clays to enhance their lips,” the authors write as background information in the article. As an individual ages, the groove on the upper lip flattens, the white lip lengthens and the amount of vermilion (pink tissue) that shows decreases…

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UVA First U.S. Hospital To Offer New Gamma Knife Technology For Cancers Of The Head And Neck

A powerful new tool available at the University of Virginia Health System offers treatment to patients with some of the most challenging cancers of the head and neck. For more than 20 years, the University of Virginia Health System has provided patients treatment that uses radiation instead of a scalpel to eliminate deep-seated tumors without damaging surrounding healthy tissue. The noninvasive procedure, known as Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery, takes less than an hour, involves significantly less pain and trauma and avoids many of the risks of open surgery…

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In Diagnosing Head And Neck Lesions, Office-Based Ultrasound-Guided FNA Found To Be Superior

Office-based, surgeon-performed, ultrasound-guided, fine needle aspiration (FNA) of head and neck lesions yields a statistically significant higher diagnostic rate compared to the standard palpation technique, indicates new research in the March 2010 issue of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. FNA is a diagnostic procedure used to investigate superficial lumps or masses. In this technique, a thin, hollow needle is inserted into a mass to extract cells for examination. FNA biopsies are a safe minor surgical procedure…

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Accelerated Radiation Therapy Reduces Toxicity In Patients With Advanced Head And Neck Cancers

Using an accelerated, shorter course of radiation therapy for patients with advanced head and neck cancer allows doctors to reduce the amount of chemotherapy, thus reducing toxicity, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, sponsored by AHNS, ASCO, ASTRO and SNM…

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Pretreatment SUV Associated With Head And Neck Cancer Treatment Outcomes, May Help Decide Treatment Plans

The maximal standardized uptake value (called SUVmax) measured from FDG PET readings taken from the primary tumor in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients before treatment is a strong predictor of disease-specific survival, overall survival and disease-free survival, while pretreatment SUVmax for lymphodenopathy is strongly associated with distant metastasis, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, sponsored by AHNS, ASCO, ASTRO and SNM…

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UT Southwestern Program Tackles Difficult Head, Neck Cancers

When head and neck tumors – from sinus tumors to acoustic neuromas attached to the hearing and balance nerve at the base of the skull – are located in close proximity to such sensitive areas such as the brain and eyes, they are particularly dangerous due to possible brain injury, visionary risk or hearing loss. At UT Southwestern Medical Center, neurosurgeons, head and neck surgeons and radiologists routinely consult on unique and complex cases as part of the Comprehensive Skull Base Program…

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Tobacco Use Linked To Worse Outcomes In HPV-Positive Head And Neck Cancer, U-M Study Finds

Patients with head and neck cancer linked to high risk human papillomavirus, or HPV, have worse outcomes if they are current or former tobacco users, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. High-risk HPVs are the same viruses that are associated with cancers of the uterine cervix. The research suggests that current or former tobacco users may need a more aggressive treatment regimen than patients who have never used tobacco…

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Evaluation of a Neck Mounted 2-Hourly Activity Meter System for Detecting Cows About to Ovulate in Two Paddock-Based Australian Dairy Herds

Two studies were conducted to assess the performance of a commercially available neck-mounted activity meter to detect cows about to ovulate in two paddock-based Holstein-Friesian dairy herds. The activity monitoring system recorded cow activity count in 2-hourly periods. Study I investigated the ability of the system to detect cow ovulatory periods in dairy herds managed in two different Australian environments and breeding systems using five activity alert algorithms. Herd 1 consisted of approximately 130 milking cows calving year-round in a sub-tropical environment and kept in a single dry lot paddock. Herd 2 consisted of approximately 400 milking cows calving seasonally… Continue reading

Bacteremic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus deep neck abscess in a newborn—Case report and review of literature

We describe an unusual localization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection (MRSA) in a very young newborn. A 3-week-old male infant was admitted with fever, irritability, sialorrhea and stiffed left neck. The ENT examination revealed a deep neck mass and an ultrasound examination showed diffuse swelling of the left latero-pharyngeal area. A CT examination confirmed a deep neck abscess with difficult-to-define borders. Blood and nasopharyngeal cultures returned positive for MRSA. Treatment was started with intravenous teicoplanin and continued for 14 days with a marked decrease in abscess’s dimensions and improvement in patient’s general condition. MRSA should be suspected in the etiology… Continue reading

The Prognostic Significance Of Bladder Neck Invasion In Prostate Cancer: Is Microscopic Involvement Truly A T4 Disease?

UroToday.com – Tumor invasion into an adjacent organ has broad reaching implications for local recurrence and potential metastatic spread. In prostate cancer, stage pT4 disease may indicate for example, involvement of the rectum, pelvic sidewall or bladder neck. However, bladder neck invasion (BNI) can be microscopic without other adverse pathologic variables such as high Gleason score or seminal vesical invasion. Due to PSA screening, BNI is an unusual pre-operative diagnosis and is usually microscopic on pathologic assessment…

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