LENINE GARCIA BRANDAO
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LIM/28 - Laboratório de Cirurgia Vascular e da Cabeça e Pescoço, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina - Líder
LIM/28 - Laboratório de Cirurgia Vascular e da Cabeça e Pescoço, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina - Líder
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- Tumor thickness as a predictive factor of lymph node metastasis and disease recurrence in T1N0 and T2N0 squamous cell carcinoma of the oral tongue(2014) MATOS, Leandro Luongo de; MANFRO, Gabriel; SANTOS, Ricardo Vieira dos; STABENOW, Elaine; MELLO, Evandro Sobroza de; ALVES, Venancio Avancini F.; PINTO, Fabio Roberto; KULCSAR, Marco Aurelio Vamondes; BRANDAO, Lenine Garcia; CERNEA, Claudio RobertoObjective. The aim of the study was to compare the thickness of primary tumors with the frequency of nodal metastases and survival in patients surgically treated for T1/T2N0 oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma. Study Design. This is a retrospective longitudinal study with 74 patients. Results. None of the patients with a tumor thickness (TT) <= 7 mm presented with nodal metastasis, whereas 25 of the patients with a TT > 7 mm (51.0%) developed metastases (P < .0001). Multivariate analysis showed that TT > 7 mm was a risk factor for occult nodal metastasis (odds ratio = 8.7; P = .002) with 81.9% accuracy. TT > 10 mm was also a predictive factor of worse disease-free survival in these patients (hazard ratio = 12.2; P = .003). Conclusions. Tumor thickness of greater than 7 mm is predictive of a higher incidence of lymph node metastasis, and a TT > 10 mm is predictive of worse disease-free survival in squamous cell carcinoma of the oral tongue.
- Delayed postoperative radiation therapy in local control of squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue and floor of the mouth(2014) AMAR, Ali; CHEDID, Helma Maria; CURIONI, Otávio Alberto; DEDIVITIS, Rogério Aparecido; RAPOPORT, Abrão; CERNEA, Claudio Roberto; BRANDÃO, Lenine GarciaObjective To evaluate the effect of time between surgery and postoperative radiation therapy on local recurrence of squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue and floor of the mouth. Methods A total of 154 patients treated between 1996 and 2007 were selected considering local recurrence rate and time of the adjuvant radiotherapy. Results Local recurrence was diagnosed in 54 (35%) patients. Radiation therapy reduced the rate of local recurrences, although with no statistical significance. The time between surgery and initiation of postoperative radiotherapy did not significantly influence the risk of local recurrence in patients referred to adjuvant treatment (p=0.49). Conclusion In the presence of risk factors for local recurrence, a short delay in starting the adjuvant radiation therapy does not contraindicate its performance.
- How to Avoid Injury of the External Branch of Superior Laryngeal Nerve(2012) CERNEA, Claudio R.; DEDIVITIS, Rogerio A.; FERRAZ, Alberto R.; BRANDAO, Lenine G.
- Prognostic value of regional metastasis in squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue and floor of mouth(2013) AMAR, Ali; RAPOPORT, Abrao; CURIONI, Otavio Alberto; DEDIVITIS, Rogerio Aparecido; CERNEA, Claudio Roberto; BRANDAO, Lenine GarciaThe presence of metastatic nodes is a survival-limiting factor for patients with mouth tumors. Objective: To evaluate the causes of treatment failure in carcinomas of the tongue and floor of the mouth due to staging. Method: This study included 365 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the mouth treated from 1978 to 2007; 48 were staged as T1, 156 as T2, 98 as T3, and 63 as T4, of which 193 were pNo and 172 pN+. Results: Among the pN+ cases, 17/46 (36.9%) of the patients not treated with radiation therapy had relapsing tumors, against 46/126 (36.5 %) of the patients who underwent radiation therapy. Success rates in the group of subjects submitted to salvage procedures were 16/51 (31.3%) for pN0 patients and 3/77 (3.9%) for pN+ patients. Conclusion: Salvage procedure success and survival rates are lower for pN+ patients; pN+ individuals also have more relapsing local disease.
- Negative and positive predictive values of nerve monitoring in thyroidectomy(2012) CERNEA, Claudio R.; BRANDAO, Lenine G.; HOJAIJ, Flavio C.; CARLUCCI JR., Dorival De; BRANDAO, Jose; CAVALHEIRO, Beatriz; SONDERMANN, AdrianaBackground Recurrent nerve injury is 1 of the most important complications of thyroidectomy. During the last decade, nerve monitoring has gained increasing acceptance in several centers as a method to predict and to document nerve function at the end of the operation. We evaluated the efficacy of a nerve monitoring system in a series of patients who underwent thyroidectomy and critically analyzed the negative predictive value (NPV) and positive predictive value (PPV) of the method. Methods. NIM System efficacy was prospectively analyzed in 447 patients who underwent thyroidectomy between 2001 and 2008 (366 female/81 male; 420 white/47 nonwhite; 11 to 82 years of age; median, 43 years old). There were 421 total thyroidectomies and 26 partial thyroidectomies, leading to 868 nerves at risk. The gold standard to evaluate inferior laryngeal nerve function was early postoperative videolaryngoscopy, which was repeated after 4 to 6 months in all patients with abnormal endoscopic findings. Results. At the early evaluation, 858 nerves (98.8%) presented normal videolaryngoscopic features after surgery. Ten paretic/paralyzed nerves (1.2%) were detected (2 unexpected unilateral paresis, 2 unexpected bilateral paresis, 1 unexpected unilateral paralysis, 1 unexpected bilateral paralyses, and 1 expected unilateral paralysis). At the late videolaryngoscopy, only 2 permanent nerve paralyses were noted (0.2%), with an ultimate result of 99.8% functioning nerves. Nerve monitoring showed absent or markedly reduced electrical activity at the end of the operations in 25/868 nerves (2.9%), including all 10 endoscopically compromised nerves, with 15 false-positive results. There were no false-negative results. Therefore, the PPV was 40.0%, and the NPV was 100%. Conclusions. In the present series, nerve monitoring had a very high PPV but a low NPV for the detection of recurrent nerve injury. (C) 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck 34: 175-179, 2012
article 4 Citação(ões) na Scopus The surgical management of parotid gland tumours(2015) CASTRO, M. A. F.; DEDIVITIS, R. A.; GUIMARAES, A. V.; CERNEA, C. R.; BRANDAO, L. G.Background: The parotid tissue can give rise to a large variety of benign and malignant neoplasms. The objective of this study was to describe the management and outcome of parotid gland tumours over a 15-year period. Method: The records of consecutive patients treated by parotid gland excision from January 1995 to December 2008 were reviewed retrospectively. Data recorded were age, gender, history, physical findings, surgical procedure, fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB), final pathological diagnosis and complications. Results: The vast majority of patients (306) had benign neoplasms, and 14 patients had malignant neoplasms. Overall, pleomorphic adenoma contributed to 76% of the lesions, and Warthin's tumour to 17%. The sensitivity and specificity of FNAB was 79% and 100%, respectively. There were 15 cases of marginal mandibular transitory paresis and 12 cases of seroma. Marginal mandibular definitive paralysis was observed in three cases with malignant tumour. Conclusion: Standardised parotidectomy is a safe operation, with a low complication rate.- Biometric measurements involving the terminal portion of the thoracic duct on left cervical level IV: an anatomic study(2016) LOUZADA, Andressa Cristina Sposato; LIM, Soo Jin; PALLAZZO, Jaqueline Fabiano; SILVA, Viviane Passarelli Ramin; OLIVEIRA, Ruan Vitor Silva de; YOSHIO, Alvaro Masahiro; ARAUJO-NETO, Vergilius Jose Furtado de; LEITE, Ana Kober Nogueira; SILVEIRA, Andre; SIMOES, Cesar; BRANDAO, Lenine Garcia; MATOS, Leandro Luongo de; CERNEA, Claudio RobertoTo determine the point of entrance of the thoracic duct in the venous system, as well as to evaluate some biometric measurements concerning its terminal portion, we conducted an anatomic study on 25 non-preserved cadavers. The termination of the thoracic duct occurred on the confluence between the left internal jugular vein and the left subclavian vein in 60 % of the individuals. The average results for the biometric measurements were: distance between the end of left internal jugular vein and omohyoid muscle 31.2 +/- A 2.7 mm; distance between the end of thoracic duct and the left internal jugular vein 0.0 +/- A 0.0 mm; distance between the end of thoracic duct and the left subclavian vein 3.6 +/- A 1.0 mm; distance between the end of thoracic duct and the left brachiocephalic vein 10.7 +/- A 3.1 mm. Moreover, it was identified that the left internal jugular vein length in level IV, measured between its entrance in the left subclavian vein and the omohyoid muscle, was able to predict the termination of the thoracic duct on the junction between the left internal jugular vein and the left subclavian vein (OR = 2.99) with high accuracy (79.3 %). In addition, the left internal jugular vein length at level IV was able to predict the localization of thoracic duct termination. Thus, this finding has practical value in minimizing the risk for a potential chyle leak during or after a left-sided neck dissection.
- Lymph node distribution in the central compartment of the neck: An anatomic study(2014) TAVARES, Marcos Roberto; CRUZ, Jose Arnaldo Shiomi da; WAISBERG, Daniel Reis; TOLEDO, Sergio Pereira de Almeida; TAKEDA, Flavio Roberto; CERNEA, Claudio Roberto; CAPELOZZI, Vera Luiza; BRANDAO, Lenine GarciaBackground. Dissection of the central compartment of the neck (CCN) is performed for proven or suspected lymph node metastases of thyroid carcinoma. During this procedure, the recurrent laryngeal nerves and the parathyroid glands are at risk. The purpose of this study was to determine the anatomic distribution of the lymph nodes in the CCN. Methods. The anatomic distribution of the lymph nodes in the CCN was studied by dissection of 30 fresh cadavers. The soft tissue between the cricoid cartilage and the innominate vein, carotid arteries, and prevertebral fascia was removed and divided according to CCN sublevels. Nodules were identified by palpation in the specimen and sent for pathological examination. Results. Three to 44 (18.5 +/- 10.29) nodules were identified macroscopically. Two to 42 nodules were confirmed as lymph nodes after microscopic examination. The lymph node distribution was as follows: precricoid: 0 to 2 (0.9 +/- 0.72); pretracheal: 1 of 35 (12.4 +/- 8.19); lateral to the right recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN): 0 to 11 (3.4 +/- 2.34); and lateral to the left: 0 to 4 (1.7 +/- 1.30). Twenty-six parathyroid glands were removed by 14 dissections. The innominate vein was found at 15 mm above the superior border of the clavicles to 35 mm below on the left side of the neck and 5 to 45 mm on the right side. Conclusion. The number of confirmed lymph nodes in the central neck varied from 2 to 42. Sixty-seven percent of the lymph nodes were in the pretracheal sublevel. There was no division between level VI and VII lymph nodes. Additionally, the innominate vein was found to be from 15 mm above the superior border of the clavicles to 35 mm below on the left side of the neck and 5 to 45 mm on the right side. Parathyroid glands were identified to be far away from the thyroid gland. (C) 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
- Effects of Time on Ultrastructural Integrity of Parathyroid Tissue Before Cryopreservation(2011) BARREIRA, Carlos Eduardo Santa Ritta; CERNEA, Claudio Roberto; BRANDAO, Lenine Garcia; CUSTODIO, Melani Ribeiro; CALDINI, Elia Tamaso Espin Garcia; MONTENEGRO, Fabio Luiz de MenezesCryopreservation of parathyroid tissue is used in the surgical treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism. After surgical resection, the tissue is temporarily maintained in a cell culture solution until it arrives at the specialized laboratory where the cryopreservation process will take place. The present study evaluates the time that the human hyperplastic parathyroid gland tissue can wait before cryopreservation, based on parathyroid cell ultrastructural integrity. This prospective study included 11 patients who underwent total parathyroidectomy with heterotopic autotransplantation and cryopreservation of parathyroid tissue fragments. Part of the tissue was kept in cell culture solution at 4A degrees C. Five time periods between 2 and 24 h were defined, and parathyroid fragments were kept in the solution for that length of time. At the end of each period, the fragments were removed from the transport solution, fixed, and prepared for ultrathin sections. Of the 11 cases studied, 10 showed ultrastructural findings consistent with cellular viability in tissue fragments that remained in the transport solution up to 12 h. Electron microscopy revealed that cell adhesion and the integrity of plasma membranes, nuclei, and mitochondria were preserved in one case for up to 24 h. Changes in mitochondrial structure represented the most constant ultrastructural damage seen in the cases studied, in addition to the presence of edema and cell vacuoles. Analysis of the ultrastructure of hyperplastic parathyroid gland tissue showed that ultrastructural integrity was in most cases properly maintained in fragments stored up to 12 h in a cell culture solution at 4A degrees C.
- Practical tips to reduce complication rate in thyroidectomy(2017) CERNEA, Claudio; BRANDAO, Lenine G.; HOJAIJ, Flavio C.; CARLUCCI, Dorival De; VANDERLEI, Felipe; GOTODA, Renato; LEITE, Ana K.; KULCSAR, Marco A. V.; MATOS, Leandro L.; DEDIVITIS, Rogerio A.; ARAUJO-FILHO, Vergilius J. F.; TAVARES, Marcos R.Introduction: Thyroid cancer is the most frequent endocrine neoplasm, and its incidence has been consistently rising during the last decades. Surgical treatment is the choice, but the complications can be truly devastating. Methods: The objective of this article is to present some practical tips to reduce the complication rate in thyroid surgery. Results: The more frequent complications during a thyroidectomy are mentioned, as well as practical tips to try to prevent them: acute airway compression, nerve injuries (both inferior laryngeal and external branch of the superior laryngeal nerves), and hypoparathyroidism. Conclusion: The prevention of complications during a thyroidectomy is imperative. The only way that the surgeon can assure the safety is to strictly adhere to technical principles, with diligent hemostasis, thorough anatomical knowledge, and gentle handling of the anatomic structures adjacent to the thyroid gland.