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Haissan Iftikhar

Aga Khan University Hospital
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[HTML][HTML] The risk factors for neck hematoma following thyroid surgery: An overview of systematic reviews

H Iftikhar, MO Awan, SA Abbas, K Mustafa, JK Das… - Health Sciences …, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose Neck hematoma, even though rare, can be a life threatening post-operative
complication of thyroid surgery and thus there have been numerous systematic reviews …

Cochlear implantation under local anesthetic: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

B Walters, P Gaskell, J Muzaffar… - Laryngoscope …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives As the population ages and implantation criteria are relaxed, more patients with
complex comorbidities are becoming eligible for cochlear implantation (CI). These patients …

[HTML][HTML] Papillary thyroid carcinoma within thyroglossal duct cyst: case series and literature review

H Iftikhar, M Ikram, KR Nathani… - International Archives of …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
Introduction Thyroglossal duct cyst (TGDC) is themost common congenital anomaly of the
neck, and approximately 7% of all the adult population presents it. Ectopic thyroid tissue is …

[HTML][HTML] Role of fine needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of parotid gland tumors: analysis of 193 cases

R Dhanani, H Iftikhar, MS Awan… - International …, 2020 - thieme-connect.com
Introduction Parotid gland tumors include a wide variety of inflammatory and neoplastic
diseases. The majority of these tumors are benign (80%), which usually require superficial …

[HTML][HTML] Role of redundant nerve roots in clinical manifestations of lumbar spine stenosis

KR Nathani, K Naeem, HH Rai… - Surgical Neurology …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Redundant nerve roots (RNRs) are defined as elongated, thickened, and
tortious appearing roots of the cauda equina secondary to lumbar spinal canal stenosis …

Characteristics of electrolyte imbalance and pseudo-bartter syndrome in hospitalized cystic fibrosis children and adolescents

DA Aziz, F Siddiqui, Q Abbasi, H Iftikhar, S Shahid… - Journal of Cystic …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction Pseudo-Bartter syndrome (PBS) is a rare manifestation of Cystic
fibrosis (CF) and can often be the initial presentation in these patients, however, due to …

Prognostic factors in patients with salivary gland malignancy: a retrospective cohort study

MI Siddiqui, H Iftikhar, UF Bhatti, M Ikram - 2020 - ecommons.aku.edu
Our objective was to determine the factors affecting the prognosis in patients with major
salivary gland malignancy presenting to Aga Khan University Hospital in Karachi …

[HTML][HTML] Unusual presentation of differentiated thyroid cancer metastasis

H Iftikhar, M Ikram, AY Muhammad… - International archives of …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
Introduction The rates of thyroid cancers are on a rise, especially well-differentiated thyroid
cancers. This could be partly due to newer diagnostic modalities, like highresolution …

Discordance between fine-needle aspiration cytology and histopathology in patients with mucoepidermoid carcinoma of parotid gland

H Iftikhar, M Sohail Awan, M Usman… - The Annals of The …, 2020 - publishing.rcseng.ac.uk
Introduction Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is an important diagnostic tool used
preoperatively for the diagnosis of parotid lump. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma comprises 5 …

[HTML][HTML] Endonasal endoscopic nasopharyngectomy for nasopharyngeal malignancies: a survival analysis

H Iftikhar, MO Awan, SK Ahmed - The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology, 2023 - Springer
Introduction Nasopharyngeal cancer has a global incidence of less than 1.0 per 100,000
person-years. It originates from nasopharyngeal mucosa with the Fossa of Rosenmuller …