[HTML][HTML] Thyroid surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from a systematic review

L Scappaticcio, MI Maiorino, S Iorio… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose During the COVID-19 pandemic, elective thyroid surgery is experiencing delays.
The problem is that the COVID-19 pandemic is ongoing. The research purposes were to …

Impact of COVID-19 on presentation, staging, and treatment of head and neck mucosal squamous cell carcinoma

MN Stevens, A Patro, B Rahman, Y Gao, D Liu… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives During the COVID-19 pandemic, maintenance of safe and timely oncologic care
has been challenging. The goal of this study is to compare presenting symptoms, staging …

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on surgical care in the Netherlands

MR De Graaff, RNM Hogenbirk… - British Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background The COVID-19 pandemic caused disruption of regular healthcare leading to
reduced hospital attendances, repurposing of surgical facilities, and cancellation of cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Thyroid surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: difficulties–how to improve

CK Stefanou, G Papathanakos, SK Stefanou… - Innovative Surgical …, 2022 - degruyter.com
In December 2019, the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic by
the World Health Organization after rapidly spreading over the world in just a few months. All …

[HTML][HTML] Head and neck cancer presentations in the emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemic

H Stringer, N Mohammad, S Mumtaz, D Komath - British Dental Journal, 2022 - nature.com
Introduction It is not uncommon to note patients with painful orofacial lesions presenting via
the emergency department to the on-call team. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic …

Introduction of a novel telescopic pathway to streamline 2‐week‐wait suspected head and neck cancer referrals and improve efficiency: A prospective service …

C Metcalfe, M Dogan, N Glazzard… - Laryngoscope …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives This study summarizes the introduction of a novel telescopic pathway, which
streamlines 2‐week‐wait suspected head and neck cancer referrals to our unit, describes …

[HTML][HTML] Patient-reported outcomes and complications during head and neck cancer radiotherapy before versus during the COVID-19 pandemic

SN Hamilton, N Chau, E Berthelet, J Wu, E Tran… - Supportive Care in …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose This study compares patient-reported outcomes and treatment-related
complications during radiotherapy before (August 2019–January 2020) versus during …

[HTML][HTML] Long-standing gustatory and olfactory dysfunction in COVID-19 patients: a prospective study

F Ferreli, F Gaino, E Russo, M Di Bari, V Rossi… - European Archives of …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Our study aimed to describe recovery of gustatory dysfunction (GD) and olfactory
dysfunction (OD) in COVID-19 patients, and to analyze variables associated with early or …

[PDF][PDF] The impact of COVID-19 on head and neck cancer treatment delay

K Gršić, I Blivajs, M Pastorčić Grgić, D Prgomet… - Acta Clinica …, 2022 - hrcak.srce.hr
The aim of this study was to demonstrate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the number
and characteristics of head and neck cancer patients in two consecutive periods, pre …

[HTML][HTML] Radical cancer treatment is safe during COVID-19: the real-world experience of a large London-based Comprehensive Cancer Centre during the first wave

B Russell, C Moss, M Monroy-Iglesias… - British journal of …, 2022 - nature.com
Background During the COVID pandemic, there was a paucity of data to support clinical
decision-making for anticancer treatments. We evaluated the safety of radical treatments …