{"title":"Clarification Regarding the Association of Cannabis Use and Head and Neck Cancer.","authors":"Joseph Katz","doi":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.4168","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.4168","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14632,"journal":{"name":"JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery","volume":" ","pages":"179"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142784987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yoshiyuki Saito, Kenichi Matsuzu, Amr H Abdelhamid Ahmed, Kosuke Inoue, Hiroshi Shibuya, Ai Matsui, Yoko Kuga, Reiko Ono, Kana Yoshioka, Chie Masaki, Junko Akaishi, Kiyomi Y Hames, Ritsuko Okamura, Chisato Tomoda, Akifumi Suzuki, Wataru Kitagawa, Mitsuji Nagahama, Kiminori Sugino, Hiroshi Takami, Gregory W Randolph, Koichi Ito
{"title":"Lobectomy vs Total Thyroidectomy With Ipsilateral Lateral Neck Dissection for N1b Intermediate-Risk Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.","authors":"Yoshiyuki Saito, Kenichi Matsuzu, Amr H Abdelhamid Ahmed, Kosuke Inoue, Hiroshi Shibuya, Ai Matsui, Yoko Kuga, Reiko Ono, Kana Yoshioka, Chie Masaki, Junko Akaishi, Kiyomi Y Hames, Ritsuko Okamura, Chisato Tomoda, Akifumi Suzuki, Wataru Kitagawa, Mitsuji Nagahama, Kiminori Sugino, Hiroshi Takami, Gregory W Randolph, Koichi Ito","doi":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.3860","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.3860","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>The management of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), particularly in cases with clinically apparent lateral neck lymph node metastasis (cN1b), remains an area of debate. The surgical options for PTC, including total thyroidectomy and lobectomy, have distinct impacts on patients' outcomes and quality of life.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To compare survival and recurrence outcomes between patients who underwent a lobectomy plus ipsilateral lateral neck dissection (LND) and those who underwent a total thyroidectomy plus ipsilateral LND for intermediate-risk cN1b PTC with both primary tumors and lymph node metastases in the ipsilateral neck region.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>This retrospective cohort study was conducted at Ito Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. Patients who underwent surgery for PTC between January 2005 and December 2012 were included, and those with high-risk PTCs and concurrent other thyroid cancers were excluded. Data were analyzed from April to August 2024.</p><p><strong>Exposures: </strong>Lobectomy plus LND vs total thyroidectomy plus LND.</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>An inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW)-adjusted Kaplan-Meier analysis and a Cox proportional hazards regression analysis were performed to compare the patients' overall survival, recurrence-free survival (RFS), and modified RFS (which considered the potential need for a future contralateral lobectomy).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 401 included patients, 317 (79.1%) were female, and the median (IQR) age was 47 (36-59) years. A total of 157 patients underwent lobectomy plus ipsilateral LND and 244 underwent total thyroidectomy plus ipsilateral LND. The median (IQR) follow-up time was 13.0 (11.2-15.0) years. The IPTW-adjusted overall survival rates at 5, 10, and 15 years were 98.0% (95% CI, 93.9-99.3), 97.5% (95% CI, 93.2-99.1), and 96.8% (95% CI, 92.2-98.7), respectively, for the lobectomy group vs 99.4% (95% CI, 97.0-99.9), 97.4% (95% CI, 94.4-98.8), and 96.9% (95% CI, 93.3-98.5), respectively, for the total thyroidectomy group (hazard ratio [HR], 1.10; 95% CI, 0.35-3.47). The IPTW-adjusted RFS rates at 5, 10, and 15 years were 93.8% (95% CI, 88.5-96.7), 88.4% (95% CI, 82.0-92.6), and 84.1% (95% CI, 76.8-89.3), respectively, for the lobectomy group vs 95.4% (95% CI, 91.8-97.4), 92.9% (95% CI, 88.8-95.5), and 87.8% (95% CI, 80.8-92.4), respectively, for the total thyroidectomy group (HR, 1.41; 95% CI, 0.79-2.54). The IPTW-adjusted modified RFS rates at 5, 10, and 15 years were 96.7% (95% CI, 92.2-98.6), 93.8% (95% CI, 88.5-96.7), and 88.9% (95% CI, 82.4-93.1), respectively, for the lobectomy group vs 95.4% (95% CI, 91.8-97.4), 92.9% (95% CI, 88.8-95.5), and 87.8% (95% CI, 80.8-92.4), respectively, for the total thyroidectomy group (HR, 0.93; 95% CI, 0.49-1.76).</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>In this study, for these selected intermediate-risk cN1b P","PeriodicalId":14632,"journal":{"name":"JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery","volume":" ","pages":"105-112"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11826362/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142728678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Phoebe K Yu, Kaitlyn Cook, Ignacio E Tapia, Kristie R Ross, Sally Ibrahim, Raouf Amin, Stacey L Ishman, Fauziya Hassan, Ronald D Chervin, Christopher Liu, Ron B Mitchell, Laura Stone, H Gerry Taylor, Jerilynn Radcliffe, Susan Redline, Cristina M Baldassari
{"title":"Symptoms, Quality of Life, and Executive Function in Children Who Snore.","authors":"Phoebe K Yu, Kaitlyn Cook, Ignacio E Tapia, Kristie R Ross, Sally Ibrahim, Raouf Amin, Stacey L Ishman, Fauziya Hassan, Ronald D Chervin, Christopher Liu, Ron B Mitchell, Laura Stone, H Gerry Taylor, Jerilynn Radcliffe, Susan Redline, Cristina M Baldassari","doi":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.4373","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.4373","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Mild sleep-disordered breathing (mSDB) in children is associated with both neurobehavioral morbidity and reduced quality of life (QOL). However, the association between symptom burden and QOL with executive function is not well understood, and it is not known whether QOL and symptom burden may help identify children with neurocognitive dysfunction.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess associations among executive function, QOL, and symptom burden in children with mSDB.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>This cross-sectional study was a secondary analysis of the multicenter Pediatric Adenotonsillectomy Trial for Snoring, which included children aged 3 to 12 years randomized to watchful waiting or adenotonsillectomy for mSDB (snoring and an obstructive apnea-hypopnea index <3) between June 29, 2016, and February 1, 2021. The data for this report were analyzed between December 22, 2020, and October 3, 2024.</p><p><strong>Exposure: </strong>Pediatric mSDB.</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>Quality of life was assessed using the Obstructive Sleep Apnea-18 (OSA-18), and symptom burden was assessed using the Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire-Sleep-Related Breathing Disorder Scale (PSQ-SRBD). Executive function, including self-control and working memory, was measured using the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function Global Executive Composite (BRIEF GEC), and inhibitory control and sustained attention were measured by the GoNoGo vigilance test. Partial Pearson correlations and multiple linear regression models were used to assess the associations among QOL, symptoms, and executive function.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The sample included 459 children (mean [SD] age, 6.1 [2.3] years; 230 female [50.1%]). Moderate correlations were found between the BRIEF GEC and the PSQ-SRBD and OSA-18 (r = 0.58 [95% CI, 0.51-0.64] and 0.59 [95% CI, 0.52-0.64], respectively). After adjusting for age, sex, race and ethnicity, body mass index percentile, household income, maternal education, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, test characteristics, and disease severity, both OSA-18 and PSQ-SRBD scores were associated with the BRIEF GEC (β = 0.41 [95% CI, 0.36-0.47] and 3.66 [95% CI, 3.17-4.15], respectively). In the fully adjusted model, PSQ-SRBD was also associated with GoNoGo inhibitory control (β = -0.04 [95% CI, -0.08 to -0.01]) and sustained attention (β = -0.05 [95% CI, -0.10 to -0.01]).</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>In this study, disease-specific QOL and symptom burden were associated with executive function in children with mSDB. These findings may be useful in identifying those children who are at risk for neurocognitive dysfunction.</p>","PeriodicalId":14632,"journal":{"name":"JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery","volume":" ","pages":"151-159"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11826363/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142854227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clarification Regarding the Association of Cannabis Use and Head and Neck Cancer.","authors":"Donald P Tashkin","doi":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.4165","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.4165","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14632,"journal":{"name":"JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery","volume":" ","pages":"178-179"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142784717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors for Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.","authors":"Hui-Chin Chang, Shuo-Yan Gau","doi":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.3966","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.3966","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14632,"journal":{"name":"JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery","volume":" ","pages":"177"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142728744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nader Sadeghi, Thavakumar Subramaniam, Keith Richardson, Marco Mascarella, Anthony Zeitouni, George Shenouda, Khalil Sultanem, Alex Mlynarek, Derin Caglar, Khashayar Esfahani, Arjun Joshi, Robert Siegel, Joseph Goodman, Punam Thakkar, Esther Lee, Nahid Golabi, Agnihotram V Ramanakumar, Michael Hier, Nathaniel Bouganim
{"title":"Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Transoral Robotic Surgery for Human Papillomavirus-Related Oropharyngeal Cancer.","authors":"Nader Sadeghi, Thavakumar Subramaniam, Keith Richardson, Marco Mascarella, Anthony Zeitouni, George Shenouda, Khalil Sultanem, Alex Mlynarek, Derin Caglar, Khashayar Esfahani, Arjun Joshi, Robert Siegel, Joseph Goodman, Punam Thakkar, Esther Lee, Nahid Golabi, Agnihotram V Ramanakumar, Michael Hier, Nathaniel Bouganim","doi":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.3303","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.3303","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Distant metastasis (DM) remains the leading cause of death in patients treated for human papillomavirus (HPV)-related oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC). An effective treatment strategy needs to address DM while reducing treatment-related toxic effects.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess DM-free survival in patients with HPV-OPSCC treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by transoral robotic surgery (NECTORS) and neck dissection compared with standard of care, concurrent chemoradiation (CCRT).</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>This multicenter retrospective cohort study compares prospective data from the NECTORS treatment group with a historical cohort of patients treated with CCRT. Patients with American Joint Committee on Cancer seventh edition stage III and IVa HPV-OPSCC treated with NECTORS and CCRT between February 2010 and September 2021 were included. Data were analyzed in September 2024.</p><p><strong>Exposures: </strong>Patients in the NECTORS arm were treated with 3 cycles of neoadjuvant docetaxel and cisplatin followed by TORS and neck dissection. Patients in the radiation therapy arm were treated with concurrent high-dose cisplatin and radiotherapy.</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>DM-free survival was analyzed with Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression after adjusting for age, sex, tobacco and alcohol use, site, and cancer stage.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 342 included patients, 282 (82.5%) were male, and the mean (SD) age was 61.4 (9.4) years. A total of 232 patients were treated with CCRT and 110 patients were treated with NECTORS. Within the CCRT arm, 11 patients (4.7%) had locoregional recurrence (LRR), 5 (2.2%) had LRR and DM, and 28 (12.1%) developed distant-only metastasis. For patients treated with NECTORS, 5 (4.5%) developed LRR, 1 (0.9%) developed LRR plus DM, and no patients developed distant-only metastasis. With pseudorandomization matching for T and N stages, 209 patients were matched between the 2 treatment groups for further analysis (105 in the CCRT treatment arm and 104 in the NECTORS arm). The median (range) follow-up period for the CCRT and NECTORS groups were 5.8 (3.8-7.5) years and 5.1 (4.0-5.9) years, respectively. The hazard ratio of developing distant recurrence in the CCRT group was 10.77 (95% CI, 1.40-82.90) in univariate analysis and 9.98 (95% CI, 1.29-77.29) in multivariable analysis. In Kaplan-Meier survival analysis, the risk of developing DM was higher in the CCRT group. The hazard ratio for failure anywhere in the CCRT group was 3.32 (95% CI, 1.23-8.97) in univariate analysis and 3.21 (95% CI, 1.18-8.72) in multivariable analysis.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>In this study, neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by transoral robotic surgery and neck dissection was an effective treatment option for patients with stage III and IVa HPV-OPSCC. Findings from our study suggest lower rates of","PeriodicalId":14632,"journal":{"name":"JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery","volume":" ","pages":"128-134"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11622064/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142785329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rakan Saadoun, David T Guerrero, Fuat Baris Bengur, Elizabeth A Moroni, Yusuf Surucu, Roy E Smith, Stephen A Esper, Steven L Whitehurst, Jamie Artman, Johannes A Veit, Mark Kubik, Shaum Sridharan, Mario G Solari
{"title":"Hypothermia During Microsurgical Head and Neck Reconstruction and Incidence of Venous Thromboembolism.","authors":"Rakan Saadoun, David T Guerrero, Fuat Baris Bengur, Elizabeth A Moroni, Yusuf Surucu, Roy E Smith, Stephen A Esper, Steven L Whitehurst, Jamie Artman, Johannes A Veit, Mark Kubik, Shaum Sridharan, Mario G Solari","doi":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.3964","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.3964","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a severe complication after microsurgical free tissue transfer (FTT) to the head and neck. Hypothermia during surgery is a modifiable risk factor, and avoiding it may reduce the postoperative VTE rate.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess the association between hypothermia (temperature <36 °C) and postoperative VTE and free flap pedicle thrombosis rates after head and neck reconstruction with FTT.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>This retrospective cohort study in a tertiary academic referral center used prospective and retrospective database and medical record data collected for patients who underwent head and neck reconstruction with FTT between January 1, 2012, and August 31, 2023. Temperature over time was classified as normothermia (temperature ≥36 °C), hypothermia (<36 °C) for more than 30 minutes and less than 120 minutes, and hypothermia for 120 minutes or more.</p><p><strong>Exposure: </strong>Venous thromboembolism.</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>The study outcomes were VTE events and thrombosis of the free flap pedicle that required revision surgery. Univariable and multivariable regressions were used to test the association between the outcomes and clinical factors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 1078 patients (mean [SD] age, 61.3 [12.6] years; 724 males [67.2%]; mean [SD] Caprini score, 6.4 [2.1]) were included. The VTE and pedicle thrombosis rates were 3.2% (35 patients) and 2.2% (24 patients), respectively. In a multivariable model controlled for Caprini score and chemoprophylaxis, VTE was associated with hypothermia of more than 30 minutes and less than 120 minutes (odds ratio [OR], 3.82; 95% CI, 0.99-14.07) and hypothermia of 120 minutes or longer (OR, 3.55; 95% CI, 1.05-11.95). Free flap pedicle thrombosis was not associated with hypothermia (OR, 0.61; 95% CI, 0.26-1.43).</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>These findings suggest that preventing hypothermia during microsurgical FTT to the head and neck may decrease the postoperative rate of VTE. Future studies should explore the optimal intraoperative body temperature range that may prevent the development of VTE without compromising patient safety.</p>","PeriodicalId":14632,"journal":{"name":"JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery","volume":" ","pages":"121-127"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11622065/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142785319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clarification Regarding the Association of Cannabis Use and Head and Neck Cancer-Reply.","authors":"Tyler J Gallagher, Niels C Kokot","doi":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.4162","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.4162","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14632,"journal":{"name":"JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery","volume":" ","pages":"179-180"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142785273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lindsay Booth, Abdullah Aldaihani, Jacob Davidson, Claire Wilson, Claire Lawlor, Paul Hong, M Elise Graham
{"title":"Misinformation and Readability of Social Media Content on Pediatric Ankyloglossia and Other Oral Ties.","authors":"Lindsay Booth, Abdullah Aldaihani, Jacob Davidson, Claire Wilson, Claire Lawlor, Paul Hong, M Elise Graham","doi":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.4211","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.4211","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Diagnosis of pediatric ankyloglossia and other oral ties is increasing in part due to social media, leading to more frenotomies and excess medicalization of often normal anatomy.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess the accuracy and readability of social media content on pediatric ankyloglossia and other oral ties.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>In this cross-sectional study, the top 200 posts on an image-based social media platform tagged with #tonguetie, #liptie, or #buccaltie were collected using a de novo account on March 27, 2023. Post metadata and caption and content text were extracted.</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>Misinformation was judged by a 30-point scoring sheet based on clinical practice guidelines and expert consensus that was developed by 3 fellowship-trained pediatric otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeons. Readability was assessed using the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level, Flesch Reading Ease, and Simple Measure of Gobbledygook scales. Quality was scored using the JAMA Benchmark Criteria.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After removing duplicates and irrelevant content, 71 unique posts from 68 unique accounts were included in the analysis. Business and practice accounts made up most of the account types (60 [84.5%]) compared with individual and personal accounts (11 [15.5%]). Most accounts (49 [69.0%]) were run by individuals who self-identified as health care practitioners, and 21 posts (29.6%) originated from accounts of individuals who self-identified as International Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLCs). On average, the content corresponded to a ninth-grade reading level per Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level. Quality of posts as rated by the JAMA Benchmark Criteria corresponded to a median score of 3.0 (IQR, 2.0-4.0). Of the 71 posts, only 8 (11.3%) contained no misinformation. There was a significant difference in misinformation prevalence between accounts run by IBCLCs vs non-IBCLCs, with posts from IBCLCs less likely to contain over 50% misinformation (odds ratio, 0.22; 95% CI, 0.06-0.81), compared with posts from non-IBCLCs.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>This study found a high frequency of misinformation in social media content on ankyloglossia. Most content was generated by self-identified health care practitioners but not physicians. Furthermore, the grade level of the content reviewed was above that recommended for the public. As the public increasingly looks to social media for medical information, health care practitioners should correct medical misinformation.</p>","PeriodicalId":14632,"journal":{"name":"JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery","volume":" ","pages":"143-150"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11826352/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142813209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Muhammad Hosni Zainal Abidin, Adam Mohamad, Atikah Rozhan
{"title":"Disseminated Cystic-Appearing Lesions in Deep Spaces of the Neck.","authors":"Muhammad Hosni Zainal Abidin, Adam Mohamad, Atikah Rozhan","doi":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.3886","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaoto.2024.3886","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14632,"journal":{"name":"JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery","volume":" ","pages":"170-171"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142620805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}