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• Prophylactic central neck dissection in stage N0 papillary thyroid carcinoma. 30 Oct 2009
• Central neck dissection for papillary thyroid cancer. 30 Oct 2009
• Recurrent laryngeal nerve: a plexus rather than a nerve? 30 Oct 2009
• Relation of final intraoperative parathyroid hormone level and outcome following parathyroidectomy. 30 Oct 2009
• Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy: use of intraoperative parathyroid hormone assays after 2 preoperative localization studies. 30 Oct 2009
• N2 disease in patients with head and neck squamous cell cancer treated with chemoradiotherapy: is there a role for posttreatment neck dissection? 30 Oct 2009
• Early prediction of response to chemoradiotherapy for head and neck cancer: reliability of restaging with combined positron emission tomography and computed tomography. 30 Oct 2009
• Predicting residual neck disease in patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma treated with radiation therapy: utility of p16 status. 30 Oct 2009
• Neck response to chemoradiotherapy: complete radiographic response correlates with pathologic complete response in locoregionally advanced head and neck cancer. 30 Oct 2009
• Immune response during therapy with cisplatin or radiation for human papillomavirus-related head and neck cancer. 30 Oct 2009
• A 25-year analysis of veterans treated for tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma. 30 Oct 2009
• Factors that predict postoperative pulmonary complications after supracricoid partial laryngectomy. 30 Oct 2009
• Postoperative reirradiation for mucosal head and neck squamous cell carcinomas. 30 Oct 2009
• Complications that affect postlaryngectomy voice restoration: primary surgery vs salvage surgery. 30 Oct 2009
• Is use of bone-morphogenetic proteins for spine fusion surgery cost-effective? 30 Oct 2009
• Managing patients with clinically significant cardiac and carotid artery occlusive disease. 30 Oct 2009
• Nonoperative management of patients with a diagnosis of high-grade small bowel obstruction by computed tomography. 30 Oct 2009
• Downwardly mobile: the accidental cost of being uninsured. 30 Oct 2009
• Identification of specific quality improvement opportunities for the elderly undergoing gastrointestinal surgery. 30 Oct 2009
• Death after colectomy: it's later than we think. 30 Oct 2009
• Incorrect surgical procedures within and outside of the operating room. 30 Oct 2009
• Treatment of hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: a single-institution experience with 25 cases. 30 Oct 2009
• Splenic salvage after intraoperative splenic injury during colectomy. 30 Oct 2009
• Abdominal wall reconstruction: lessons learned from 200 "components separation" procedures. 30 Oct 2009
• Effect of stitch length on wound complications after closure of midline incisions: a randomized controlled trial. 30 Oct 2009
• Outcomes from 3144 adrenalectomies in the United States: which matters more, surgeon volume or specialty? 30 Oct 2009
• Factors that determine satisfaction with surgical treatment of low-income women with breast cancer. 30 Oct 2009
• Measures to prevent pancreatic fistula after pancreatoduodenectomy: a comprehensive review. 30 Oct 2009
• Benign fibroepithelial polyp arising in the bronchus: a case report and review of the literature. 30 Oct 2009
• Image of the month: amyand hernia. 30 Oct 2009
• Image of the month: nonocclusive ischemic colitis. 30 Oct 2009
• Leflunomide in the treatment of palmoplantar pustulosis. 30 Oct 2009
• Text-message reminders to improve sunscreen use: a randomized, controlled trial using electronic monitoring. 30 Oct 2009
• Elevated D-dimer level in the differential diagnosis of venous malformations. 30 Oct 2009
• Analysis of globule types in malignant melanoma. 30 Oct 2009
• Factors contributing to incomplete excision of nonmelanoma skin cancer by Australian general practitioners. 30 Oct 2009
• Alefacept for severe alopecia areata: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. 30 Oct 2009
• Topical calcipotriol for preventive treatment of hypertrophic scars: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. 30 Oct 2009
• Tumor mapping in 2 large multigenerational families with CYLD mutations: implications for disease management and tumor induction. 30 Oct 2009
• Unexpected occurrence of xeroderma pigmentosum in an uncle and nephew. 30 Oct 2009
• Granulomatous dermatitis with pseudoxanthoma elasticum-like changes: report of a case in a patient with cystic fibrosis. 30 Oct 2009
• Aquagenic wrinkling of the palms in cystic fibrosis: comparison with controls and genotype-phenotype correlations. 30 Oct 2009
• Pulsed high-dose corticosteroids combined with low-dose methotrexate treatment in patients with refractory generalized extragenital lichen sclerosus. 30 Oct 2009
• Delayed inflammatory reaction to bio-alcamid polyacrylamide gel used for soft-tissue augmentation. 30 Oct 2009
• Disappearance of lentigines in a patient receiving imatinib treatment for familial gastrointestinal stromal tumor syndrome. 30 Oct 2009
• Adherence, the fourth dimension in the geometry of dermatological treatment. 30 Oct 2009
• Relevance of D-dimer testing in patients with venous malformations. 30 Oct 2009
• Confluent scaly erythematous plaques on the trunk of a 16-year-old boy--quiz case. 30 Oct 2009
• Asymptomatic nodules on the foot--quiz case. 30 Oct 2009
• Fleshy facial lesion on an 80-year-old Dayak woman--quiz case. 30 Oct 2009
• A rapidly growing lesion on the lip--quiz case. 30 Oct 2009
• The whiteboard marker as a useful tool for the dermoscopic "furrow ink test". 30 Oct 2009
• Severe and unrecognized dental abnormalities after drug-induced epidermal necrolysis. 30 Oct 2009
• No biopsy needed for eclipse and cockade nevi found on the scalps of children. 30 Oct 2009
• The management of severe ocular complications of stevens-johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis. 30 Oct 2009
• Leukonychia related to vorinostat. 30 Oct 2009
• Linking publication about efalizumab effectiveness with safety concerns. 30 Oct 2009
• An association of idiopathic chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with pemphigoid nodularis: a rare variant of bullous pemphigoid. 30 Oct 2009
• Erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp following treatment with topical imiquimod for actinic keratosis. 30 Oct 2009
• Cutaneous epidermal cysts as a presentation of gorlin syndrome. 30 Oct 2009
• Perifollicular white halo: a dermoscopic subpattern of melanocytic and nonmelanocytic skin lesions. 30 Oct 2009
• Teaching Video NeuroImages: Wernicke encephalopathy without mental status changes. 15 Nov 2009
• Teaching NeuroImages: Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis after mumps. 15 Nov 2009
• Poor PASAT performance correlates with MRI contrast enhancement in multiple sclerosis. 15 Nov 2009
• Pathologic and immunologic profiles of a limited form of neuromyelitis optica with myelitis. 15 Nov 2009
• Impaired kidney function and cerebral microbleeds in patients with acute ischemic stroke. 15 Nov 2009
• Cortical event-related potentials in preclinical familial Alzheimer disease. 15 Nov 2009
• Determinants of survival in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia. 15 Nov 2009
• History of falls in Parkinson disease is associated with reduced cholinergic activity. 15 Nov 2009
• Bevacizumab for recurrent ependymoma. 15 Nov 2009
• Lower serum lipid levels are related to respiratory impairment in patients with ALS. 15 Nov 2009
• Study of 962 patients indicates progressive muscular atrophy is a form of ALS. 15 Nov 2009
• Smoking may be considered an established risk factor for sporadic ALS. 15 Nov 2009
• The locus ceruleus norepinephrine system: functional organization and potential clinical significance. 15 Nov 2009
• HIV-related immune reconstitution cryptococcal meningoradiculitis: corticosteroid response. 15 Nov 2009
• Neurosurgical treatment of tremor in anti-myelin-associated glycoprotein neuropathy. 15 Nov 2009
• Extrapyramidal signs are a common feature of spinocerebellar ataxia type 17. 15 Nov 2009
• Suicidality, depression screening, and antiepileptic drugs: reaction to the FDA alert. 15 Nov 2009
• Warm and cold complex regional pain syndromes: differences beyond skin temperature? 15 Nov 2009
• Voluntary brain processing in disorders of consciousness. 15 Nov 2009
• Migraine and suicidal ideation in adolescents aged 13 to 15 years. 15 Nov 2009
• Incidental MRI anomalies suggestive of multiple sclerosis: the radiologically isolated syndrome. 15 Nov 2009