Journal Articles :

• K Shaphaba, A Thakar, P Sakthivel, K Sikka, CA Singh, R Kumar, et al. Incremental value of magnification and indocyanine green for parathyroid preservation in thyroid surgery Head & Neck 2023; 45 (7), 1753-1760
• A Kakkar, R Thakur, D Roy, R Sood, A Sharma, A Thakar, et al. Tumourinfiltrating lymphocyte subsets and their individual prognostic impact in oral squamous cell carcinoma. Journal of Clinical Pathology, 2023; (Epub ahead of print: doi:10.1136/jcp-2023- 208918).
• S Mitra, S Panda, A Thakar, V Gautam, KM Talukdar, S Mani et al. Quality of life and swallowing outcomes following major glossectomy: A prospective singlecenter experience. Head & Neck 2024; 46 (3), 599-608
• S Panda, V Gautam, S Mitra, CA Singh, M Suresh, A Palreddy, et al. Low- Molecular-Weight Heparin Salvage in Pedicled Flap Reconstruction in Head and Neck: A Prospective Cohort Study. Journal of laryngology and otology, 2024, 1-24.
• B Shah, S Kajal, AS Bhalla, K Madan, GK Viswanathan, A Thakar, et al. Prolonged Itraconazole Therapy as Sole Treatment for Patients with Allergic Fungal Rhinosinusitis. The Laryngoscope 2024; 134 (2), 545-551
• P Gulati, AK Singh, AK Yadav, K Pasbola, P Pandey, R Sharma, et al. Nanomodified screen-printed electrode-based electrochemical immunosensors for oral cancer biomarker detection in undiluted human serum and saliva samples. Nanoscale Advances 2024; 6 (2), 705-721.
• P Verma, K Sikka, H Verma, R Kumar, A Thakar, M Soneja, et al. Factors Impacting Outcome and Prognosis of Invasive Fungal Sinusitis: How Vital is Iron Metabolism? Indian Journal of Otolaryngology & Head & Neck Surgery, 2024, 1-7.
• N Tandan, A Saini, H Verma, A Thakar. Nasopharyngeal Cyst Causing Hearing Loss: Case Report and Review of Literature Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery 2024; 76 (1), 775-780
• S Mitra, S Panda, C Amit Singh, S Mani, A Thakar. Folded Pectoralis Major Myocutaneous Flap for Reconstruction of Complex Oral Commissural Defects: A Retrospective Case Series and Technical Report Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery 2024; 76 (1), 1251-1254
• AS Jaiswal, R Kumar, A Kakkar, R Kumar, H Verma, AS Bhalla, et al. Role of CD34-immunopositive Microvascular Density in Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma. Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, 2024, 1-6.
• G Saluja, A Bhari, N Pushker, S Agrawal, R Meel, A Thakar, et al. Experience on rhino-orbital mucormycosis from a tertiary care hospital in the first wave of COVID-19: An Indian perspective. Medical Journal Armed Forces India 2023; 79, S94-S101
• A Singh, G Goel, M Khan, A Kanodia, K Sikka, A Thakar. Factors affecting clinical outcome in COVID-associated rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis (CAROM) patients—An ambispective, single-arm, observational study. American Journal of Otolaryngology 2023, 44 (6), 103975.
• S Panda, A Nath, A Thakar, R Kumar, V Seenu, K Sikka, et al. In-vivo lymphoscintigraphy of sinonasal tumors identifies retropharyngeal node and level I as predominant sentinel nodes. Revista Espa±ola de Medicina Nuclear e Imagen Molecular 2023; 42 (6), 374- 379.
• AS Jaiswal, BV Valappil, Y Gupta, K Sikka, A Thakar, H Verma. Effect of surgical intervention on serum insulin-like growth factor 1 in patients with obstructive sleep pnoea. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology 2023; 137 (11), 1222-1225.
• K Fatima, PK Chaudhari, R Duggal, OP Kharbanda, A Thakar. Effects of RME on Hearing in UCLP Patients: A Pilot Study. The Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal 2023; 60 (11), 1442-1449.
• S Panda, V Gautam, R Kumar, S Mitra, JK Meena, S Mani, et al. Pectoralis Major Myocutaneous Flap Reconstruction for Oromandibular Defects: Analysis of Predictors for Optimum Reconstructive Outcome. B-ENT 2023; 19 (4).
• S Kajal, A Kakkar, F Naz, P Tanwar P, H Khandakar, A Gupta, et al. Clinico-pathological Factors in Malignant Transformation of RRP Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, 2023; 1-8 18.
• S Mitra, S Panda, CA Singh, A Thakar. Modified MustardΘ Flap for Lower Eyelid Reconstruction in Basal Cell Carcinoma: Revisited. Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery 2023; 75 (3), 2492-2495
• S Kajal, AK Kairo, JA Quadri, S Sarwar, A Ahmed, A Shamim, et al. Can Superoxide Anions Predict the Malignant Potential of Carotid body Tumor?-A Pilot Study Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery 2023; 75 (3), 1819-1825.
• AS Jaiswal, BV Valappil, K Sikka, A Thakar, K Madan, A Ray, et al. Role of ApneaGraph« in the Surgery for Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery 2023; 75 (3), 1737-1742
• M Pandey, J Sachdev, RK Yadav, N Sharad, A Kanodia, J Biswas, et al. Utility of in-house and commercial PCR assay in diagnosis of Covid-19 associated mucormycoss in an emergency setting in a tertiary care center. Journal of Medical Microbiology 2023; 72 (8), 0017452.
• M Pandey, I Xess, J Sachdev, N Sharad, S Gupta, G Singh, et al. Utility of an in-house real-time PCR in whole blood samples as a minimally invasive method for early and accurate diagnosis of invasive mould infections. Journal of Infection, 106147, 2024.
• A Grover, B Bhargava, S Srivastava, LK Sharma, JJ Cherian, N Tandon, et al. Developing Standard Treatment Workflows—way to universal healthcare in India. Frontiers in Public Health 2023; 11, 1178160.
• A Kairo, S Sarwar, JA Quadri, A Singh, R Kumar, A Thakar, et al. Upregulation of Psoriasin in Cholesteatoma associated with inflammation, bone destruction and severity of disease: Histo-cyto-chemical and ultrastructural studies Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IJBB). 2023; 60 (8), 624-631.
• R Mahendru, C Sarma, A Kakkar, R Kumar, K Kaur, A Thakar. Fluorescence in situ hybridization for ETV6 gene rearrangements on destained cytological smears: Role in diagnosis of secretory carcinoma of salivary gland. Cancer Cytopathology 2023; 131 (7), 442-453.
• AJ Vidyarthi, A Das, S Khan, S Panda, G Singh, A Thakar, et al. Relevance of conventional microscopy in the diagnosis of mucormycosis during COVID-19 pandemic Journal of Microscopy and Ultrastructure 2023;
• Kanodia A, Kakkar A, Verma Y, Roy D, Verma H, Singh CA, et al. Immunohistochemical Analysis of the Expression of Cytokeratins in Acquired Cholesteatoma and Its Clinico-Radiological Correlation. J Audiol Otol. 2023 Apr;27(2):97-103. doi: 10.7874/jao.2022.00451. Epub 2023 Mar 13. PMID: 36907202; PMCID: PMC10126587.
• P Tyagi, D Chauhan, A Singh, M Bhutada, K Sikka, T Chaudhary, et al. Clinical and social outcomes of cochlear implantation in older prelinguals. Journal of Audiology & Otology 2023; 27 (2), 63
• AS Bhalla, S Manchanda, K Kabilan, A Thakar, K Sikka, H Verma. Split-bolus, single-phase contrast enhanced CT: a one-stop shop for invasive fungal sinusitis Emergency Radiology 2023; 30 (2), 243-247.
• A Gopakumar, A Kakkar, K Kaur, K Sikka, A Thakar, A Sharma, et al. Fine needle aspiration cytology of metastatic SMARCA4‐deficient sinonasal teratocarcinosarcoma: first report in literature. Diagnostic Cytopathology 2023; 51 (4), E129-E136.
• AS Jaiswal, S Bollu, S Budhiraja, S Kaushal, K Sikka, A Thakar, et al. Perineural Invasion of Superior and Inferior Laryngeal Nerves in Advanced Stage Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Larynx: A Case Series and Review. Turkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology 2023; 61 (1), 20.
• A Kanodia, AS Bhalla, G Singh, I Xess, BV Valappil, A Kakkar, et al. The role of serum galactomannan assay as a potential surrogate biomarker for fungal microinvasion in allergic fungal rhinosinusitis . Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery 2023; 75 (1), 49-53.
• S Panda, K Sikka, A Thakar. Endonasal and Open Approaches to Sinonasal Tumours. Atlas of Sinonasal Tract Pathology, 2023; 25-35.
• R Gogi, A Sharma, A Sharma, BK Mohanti, R Pramanik, S Bhasker, et al. Real World Presentation and Treatment Outcomes with a Predominant Induction Chemotherapy Based Approach in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Sixteen Year Report from a Teaching … Cancer Investigation 2023; 41 (2), 155-163.
• AS Bhalla, G Mirza, S Manchanda, A Gehani, R Kumar, A Sahu, et al. Imaging Recommendations for Diagnosis, Staging, and Management of Sinonasal Tumors, Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology 2023; 44 (01), 047-053.
• D Roy, S Sriram, A Kakkar, R Kumar, K Kaur, D Jain, et al. Cytological diagnosis of olfactory neuroblastoma at metastatic sites, with emphasis on role of insulinoma‐associated protein 1 immunocytochemistry. Diagnostic Cytopathology 2023; 51 (2), 146-152.
• AK Baa, A Sharma, S Bhaskar, A Biswas, A Thakar, R Kumar, et al. Role of circulating tumour cells (CTCs) in recurrent/metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). ecancermedicalscience 17 (2023);
• Anup Singh, Sivakumar Vidhyadharan, Aanchal Kakkar, Alok Thakar. Head and Neck Paragangliomas- Stell Maran’s Textbook of Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology, 6th Edn. Eds Paleri V, Jones TM, Pai P. Hodder-Arnold, UK, 2024 (in press)-
• Sivakumar Vidhyadharan, Smriti Panda, Aanchal Kakkar, Alok Thakar. Rare Tumours of the Head and Neck- Stell Maran’s Textbook of Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology, 6th Edn. Eds Paleri V, Jones TM, Pai P. Hodder-Arnold, UK, 2024 (in press) Book Chapter,
• Arunan B, Talukdar D, Swain S, Varadarajan A, Sarda R, Singh G, et al. Metagenomic insights into fungal community composition of the nasopharyngeal region of COVID-19 associated mucormycosis patients from India. J Med Virol. 2024 Apr;96(4):e29601. doi: 10.1002/jmv.29601. PMID: 38597375.
• Kanodia A, Monga R, Ilyas M, Verma Y, Mohapatra S, Sudha Rao N, et al. Metagenomic analysis of Cholesteatoma associated bacteria: A Pilot study. Indian J Otolaryngol Head and Neck Surg
• Garg, H., Bhoi, D. & Sikka, K. Combined greater auricular and lesser occipital nerve block in cochlear implant for an ear-to-ear smile. Ain-Shams J Anesthesiol 15, 80 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s42077-023-00377-9
• Shamim SA, Kumar N, Arora G, Kumar D, Pathak A, Thakkar A, et al. Comparison of 68Ga-PSMA-HBED-CC and 18F-FDG PET/CT in the Evaluation of Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma-A Prospective Study. Clin Nucl Med. 2023 Nov 1;48(11):e509-e515. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000004868. PMID: 37812520.
• Das S, Nischal N, Singh BK, Ray A, Jorwal P, Soneja M, et al. Evaluation of kit-based loop-mediated isothermal amplification (TB-LAMP) assay in the diagnosis of tubercular lymphadenitis. Access Microbiol. 2023 Nov 9;5(11):000665.v3. doi: 10.1099/acmi.0.000665.v3. PMID: 38074104; PMCID: PMC10702379.
• Singh A, Yadav H, Verma H, Sikka K, Abraham RA, Irugu DVK. Normal Serum Levels of Otolin-1 in Patients with Meniere Disease in Remission. Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2023 Aug 4;27(3):e440-e444. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1749390. PMID: 37564467; PMCID: PMC10411270.
• Kakkar A, Satapathy S, Sikka K, Tanwar P, Deo S, Jain D. Evaluation of high-risk human papillomavirus in sinonasal papillomas and squamous cell carcinomas. Virchows Arch. 2023 Jul 15. doi: 10.1007/s00428-023-03601-x. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37452847.
• Singh A, Sikka K, Thakar A (2023). Bilateral Neuropraxic Vocal Cord Palsy after Total Thyroidectomy 287 In: Narendrakumar V, Felix V, Mariappan V (eds) 100 Complications of Otorhinolaryngology & Skull Base SurgeryThieme.
• Rajan A, Chakrabarty B, Gulati S, Jauhari P, Pandey RM, Tripathi M, et al. Childhood and adolescent sleep awareness in caregivers and health care providers: a community and hospital based survey
• Mehta N, Thanneru S, Sikka K, Tyagi M, Khanna N. Acute ecchymotic facial swelling in a child. Int J Dermatol. 2023 Nov;62(11):1425-1427. doi: 10.1111/ijd.16789. Epub 2023 Jul 9. PMID: 37424106
• Muller L, Goh BS, Cordovés AP, Sargsyan G, Sikka K, Singh S, et al. Longitudinal outcomes for educational placement and quality of life in a prospectively recruited multinational cohort of children with cochlear implants. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2023 May 23;170:111583. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2023.111583. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37245391.
• Sharma V, Bandyopadhyay S, Sikka K, Kakkar A, Hariprasad G, Singh SB. Label-Free Proteomics of Oral Mucosa Tissue to Identify Potential Biomarkers That Can Flag Predilection of Precancerous Lesions to Oral Cell Carcinoma: A Preliminary Study. Dis Markers. 2023 Feb 1;2023:1329061. doi: 10.1155/2023/1329061. PMID: 36776920; PMCID: PMC9908334.
• Thakar, A., Panda, S., Sikka, K. (2022). COVID-19 Sequelae Affecting Ear, Nose and Throat. In: Mohan, A., Mittal, S. (eds) Post COVID-19 Complications and Management. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4407-9_10
• Sikka K. Parent's Perspective on Teletherapy of Pediatric Population with Speech and Language Disorder During Covid-19 Lockdown in India. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2023 Mar;75(1):14-20. doi: 10.1007/s12070-022-03310-y. Epub 2022 Dec 17. Erratum in: Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2023 May 24;:1. PMID: 36571100; PMCID: PMC9758453.
• Sakthivel P, Raveendran S, Panda S. Nine "R" Principles in the management of head and neck cancers. Indian J Cancer. 2023 Apr-Jun;60(2):253-255. doi: 10.4103/ijc.IJC_1420_20. PMID: 37530249
• Mani S, Panda S, Kumar R, Singh CA. In Reference to Predicting Pathologic Lymph Node Positivity in cN0 Pharynx and Larynx Cancers. Laryngoscope. 2023Apr;133(4):E24. doi: 10.1002/lary.30480. Epub 2022 Nov 17. PMID: 36394099
• Mani S, Kumar R, Singh CA, Agarwal S, Panda S, Saini A, et al. Parathyroid carcinoma: lessons from a rare malignancy of head and neck-a case series. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2023 Jun;75(2):809-816. doi: 10.1007/s12070-023-03499-6. Epub 2023 Feb 3. PMID: 37275103; PMCID: PMC10235406.
• Jaiswal, A.S., Kumar, R., Kumar, R, Kairo AK, Raveendran S, Sagar P. Cochlear Implantation in Adults with Post-lingual Hearing Loss: Clinico-Demographical Study and Outcomes in the Current Times. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 75 (Suppl 1), 548–551 (2023). doi.org/10.1007/s12070-022-03467-6
• Banerjee M; Azad, SV; Pahuja A; Kairo AK . Extraosseous sinonasal tract metastasis of Ewing's sarcoma presenting with sixth cranial nerve palsy. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology - Case Reports 3(2):p 483-485, Apr–Jun 2023. | DOI: 10.4103/IJO.IJO_2919_22
• Kairo AK, Kumar R, Manchanda S, Verma RR. The Story of Separate Yet Connected Cholesteatomas. Ear, Nose & Throat Journal. 2023;102(12):NP588-NP590. doi:10.1177/01455613211033113
• Sandipta Mitra, Anup Singh, Saurabh Vig, Sanjay Meena, Chirom Amit Singh. Ventilation Failure with Elective Tracheostomy during Oral Cancer Surgery: A Case of Tracheal Diverticulum. BMJ Case reports. 2023;16:e254134. doi:10.1136/bcr-2022- 254134.
• Anup Singh, Harsha Yadav, Hitesh Verma, Kapil Sikka, Ransi Ann Abraham, David Victor Kumar Irugu,. Serum Otolin-1 levels in Meniere’s Disease: A Pilot comparative study. International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology; August 2023. DOI https://doi.org/ 10.1055/s-0042-1749390.
• Gautam V, Kumar V, Kakkar A, Tanwar P, Bhalla AS, Manchanda S, et al. Exploration of the association between Juvenile Angiofibroma and Familial Adenomatous Polyposis.August 2023 DOI: 10.22541/au.169221798.86480150/v1
• Vatakara A, Damle NA, Khurana A, Sagar S, Kumar R, Verma H. 99mTechnetium-Ubiquicidin Scan with Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography/Computed Tomography in Skull Base Osteomyelitis. Indian J Nucl Med. 2023 Jul-Sep;38(3):297-300. doi: 10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_192_22. Epub 2023 Oct 10. PMID: 38046968; PMCID: PMC10693375.
• Bhardwaj V, Gautam V, Verma H, Bhutada MD. Lost and found: foreign body in submandibular gland. BMJ Case Rep. 2023 Nov 17;16(11):e257564. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2023-257564. PMID: 37977847; PMCID: PMC10660160.
• Naz F, Tanveer N, Verma H, Sudheer KA, Kakkar A, Ranjan A, et al. Relevance of Partial p16 Immunostaining in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Co- Relation with HPV DNA Status. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2023 Dec 1;24(12):4093-4096. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.
• Mani S, Kumar R, Sriram S, Sagar P, Suri A, Kumar R. Giant Facial Nerve Schwannoma: A Rare Clinical Entity. Otol Neurotol. 2023 Aug 1;44(7):e525-e527. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000003874. Epub 2023 Apr 24. PMID: 37185658.
• Kumar R, Sherif MP, Manchanda S, Barwad A, Sagar P, Khan MA, et al. Depth of Invasion in Carcinoma Tongue: Evaluation of Clinical and Imaging Techniques. Laryngoscope. 2024 Jan;134(1):215-221. doi: 10.1002/lary.30791. Epub 2023 May 30. PMID: 37249203.
• Kumar R, Manchanda S, Hota A, Devaraja K, Thakur R, Sherif PM, et al. Ultrasound Characteristics of Metastatic Occult Cervical Lymph Nodes in Early Tongue Cancer. Indian J Otolaryngol Head & Neck Surg. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-023-03881-4
• Sagar M, Sagar P, Kumar R, Kaur K. Kimura disease of naso-orbito-ethmoid region and review of surgical approaches to naso-orbito-ethmoid region. BMJ Case Rep. 2023;16(8):e256355.
• Gupta S, Naranje P, Singh S, Singh CA, Bhalla AS, Manchanda S, et al. Skull Base Ossification in Neonates: The Potential Confounder. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2023 Jun;75(2):1253-1254.
• Sagar M, Sagar P, Kumar R, Rani P. Troubleshooting Cochlear Implant Malfunction Using Neural Response Telemetry and Normal Saline. J Int Adv Otol. 2024 Jan;20(1):89-93. doi: 10.5152/iao.2024.231116. PMID: 38454296; PMCID: PMC10895891.

Abstracts Published in Journals :

• SA Shamim, N Kumar, D Kumar, G Arora, A Thakar, C Singh, et al. Evaluation of (supplement 1), 2023; P1535-P1535
• A Biswas, V Ghosh, S Roy, S Bhasker, A Binjola, M Tripathi, et al. Health related QoL in patients with NPC treated with NACT followed by dysphagia-optimised CRT . Radiotherapy and Oncology 2023; 182, S952- S953 PO-1191
• V Ghosh, A Biswas, A Binjola, S Roy, S Bhasker, M Tripathi, et al. NACT followed by cisplatin-enhanced dysphagia-optimised IMRT in nasopharyngeal cancer-phase 2 trial Radiotherapy and Oncology 2023; 182, S964-S965 PO-1206
• S Mallick, A Sharma, A Kumar, A Thakar, DN Sharma. Optimum Radiation Dose for Palliation in Head and Neck SCC: A Phase III Randomized Controlled Trial (OPRAH) International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 2023; 117 (2), e604.
• S Agarwala, V Jain, M Chadha, A Dhua, P Goel, D Yadav, et al. Long-term effects of cisplatin on hearing and renal function in survivors of paediatric solid tumours pediatric blood & cancer 2023; 70, S160-S160
• S Bakhshi, A Sasi, S Ganguly, S Sharma, A Bansal, R Meel, et al. Assessment of treatment sequelae and quality of life among survivors of head and neck ewing sarcoma. PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER 2023; 70, S521-S521
• A Sasi, S Ganguly, D Pushpam, B Biswas, A Kumar, R Meel, et al. Prognostic factors in head and neck ewing sarcoma: a retrospective analysis of 85 patients. Pediatric blood & cancer 2023; 70, S36-S37.

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