Dina Elaraj
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Recent Articles
1.
Lee F, Elaraj D
Surg Clin North Am
. 2019 Jul;
99(4):731-745.
PMID: 31255203
Primary hyperaldosteronism is an important and increasingly prevalent cause of hypertension that is characterized by unregulated aldosterone excess. More than 90% of primary hyperaldosteronism cases are attributable to either idiopathic...
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Sturgeon C, Yang A, Elaraj D
Surg Oncol Clin N Am
. 2015 Nov;
25(1):17-40.
PMID: 26610772
Although papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) commonly metastasizes to cervical lymph nodes, prophylactic central neck dissection is controversial. The primary treatment for lymph node metastases is surgical resection. Patients diagnosed with...
3.
Zanocco K, Butt Z, Kaltman D, Elaraj D, Cella D, Holl J, et al.
Surgery
. 2015 Jun;
158(3):837-45.
PMID: 26032828
Background: The majority of patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) are diagnosed without the classic signs of renal or osseous complications. Vague and subjective symptoms have been attributed to PHPT but...
4.
Elaraj D, Sturgeon C
Surg Clin North Am
. 2014 May;
94(3):607-23.
PMID: 24857579
Parathyroidectomy is the most cost-effective treatment for hyperparathyroidism. Randomized prospective trials have shown no difference in cure rate between focused parathyroidectomy and bilateral exploration. Costs of the two techniques differ...
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Zanocco K, Elaraj D, Sturgeon C
Surgery
. 2014 Jan;
154(6):1148-55.
PMID: 24383082
Background: Routine prophylactic central neck dissection (pCND) after total thyroidectomy (TTX) for low-risk papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) offers the potential to decrease disease recurrence but may increase operative complications. We...
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Vellanki P, Lange K, Elaraj D, Kopp P, El Muayed M
J Clin Endocrinol Metab
. 2013 Nov;
99(2):387-90.
PMID: 24178790
Context: Most of the morbidity and mortality from parathyroid cancer is due to PTH-mediated hypercalcemia. Classically, management mainly consists of surgical resection, chemotherapy, and alleviation of hypercalcemia using bisphosphonates and...
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Zanocco K, Heller M, Elaraj D, Sturgeon C
J Am Coll Surg
. 2013 Jul;
217(4):702-10.
PMID: 23810576
Background: The use of intraoperative pathology examination (IPE) during diagnostic hemithyroidectomy for a follicular neoplasm is controversial. Although this service rarely alters intraoperative decision making, it does provide patients with...
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Zanocco K, Pitelka-Zengou L, Dalal S, Elaraj D, Nayar R, Sturgeon C
Ann Surg Oncol
. 2013 Mar;
20(8):2462-7.
PMID: 23529781
Background: On-site evaluation (OSE) of specimen adequacy during fine needle aspiration (FNA) of thyroid nodules reduces unsatisfactory results but adds cost. We hypothesized that the addition of routine OSE to...
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Heller M, Zanocco K, Zydowicz S, Elaraj D, Nayar R, Sturgeon C
Surgery
. 2012 Sep;
152(3):423-30.
PMID: 22938902
Background: The 2007 National Cancer Institute (NCI) conference on Thyroid Fine-Needle Aspiration (FNA) introduced the category atypia of undetermined significance (AUS) or follicular lesion of undetermined significance (FLUS). Repeat FNA...
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Zanocco K, Heller M, Elaraj D, Sturgeon C
Surgery
. 2012 Apr;
152(2):164-72.
PMID: 22503512
Background: The 3 treatment options for Graves disease (GD) are antithyroid drugs (ATDs), radioactive iodine (RAI), and thyroid surgery. We hypothesized that thyroid surgery is cost-effective for Graves disease when...