Coronavirus Disease-19 and Otology/Neurotology

Esther X Vivas

doi:10.1016/j.otc.2020.08.003

Coronavirus Disease-19 and Otology/Neurotology

Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2020 Dec;53(6):1153-1157. doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2020.08.003. Epub 2020 Aug 22.

Author

Esther X Vivas¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, 550 Peachtree Street Northeast, Medical Office Tower, Suite 1135, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA. Electronic address: evivas@emory.edu.

Abstract

The severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2, responsible for the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, has caused unprecedented changes to society as we know it. The effects have been particularly palpable in the practice of medicine. The field of otolaryngology has not been spared. We have had to significantly alter the way we provide care to patients, changes that are likely to become a new norm for the foreseeable future. This article highlights some of the changes as they apply to otology/neurotology. Although this is written from the perspective of an academic physician, it is also applicable to private practice colleagues.

Keywords: COVID-19; Infectious disease; Mastoidectomy; Middle ear; Neurotology; SARS-CoV-2; Skull base surgery.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
Elective Surgical Procedures*
Female
Humans
Infection Control / methods*
Male
Neurotology / statistics & numerical data
Otologic Surgical Procedures / methods
Otologic Surgical Procedures / statistics & numerical data*
Pandemics / prevention & control*
Pandemics / statistics & numerical data
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
Safety Management
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / epidemiology
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / prevention & control*
United States