Joseph Spellman
Naval Medical Center San Diego
8 Papers
20 Citations
Joseph Spellman is an academic researcher from Naval Medical Center San Diego. The author has contributed to research in topics: Transoral robotic surgery & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 7 publications.
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Papers
Facial trauma caused by electronic cigarette explosion.
TL;DR: A case of electronic cigarette explosion, with a projectile fracturing the patient's right naso-orbital-ethmoid complex and anterior and posterior frontal sinus tables, is presented, and a patient underwent combined open and endoscopic repair.
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Comparative cost of transoral robotic surgery and radiotherapy (IMRT) in early stage tonsil cancer
TL;DR: TORS is a more cost-effective treatment method than IMRT in early stage (cT1/2N0) tonsil cancer and dominated IMRT with lower cost and better effectiveness over a range of values.
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Staging Neck Dissection and Transoral Robotic Surgery Treatment Algorithm in Palatine Tonsil Cancer.
TL;DR: Up-front staging neck dissection accurately triages low-risk patients, determining candidates for single-modality definitive treatment with transoral robotic surgery and provides excellent survival outcomes and minimal morbidity and maintains quality of life among appropriately selected patients with palatine tonsil cancer.
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Prevalence, Characteristics and Impact of Dysphonia in US Marine Corps Drill Instructors.
TL;DR: There is a very high prevalence of self-reported dysphonia in Drill instructors, with near-universal prevalence of some degree of objectively and perceptually-rated dysphonia, and Drill Instructors appear to be in dire need of proper voice care to both maximize job performance and mitigate long-term voice-related problems.
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A Woman With Painful Soft-Tissue Nodules of the Forehead
TL;DR: A woman in her 70s had a 2-week history of frontal headaches and forehead nodules with no associated fevers, vision changes, or neurologic symptoms, and a fine-needle aspiration established the diagnosis of FD.