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GuidelineJournal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale2020

CSO (Canadian Society of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery) position paper on rhinologic and skull base surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Yvonne Chan, Sarfaraz M Banglawala, Christopher J Chin, David W J Côté, Dustin Dalgorf, John R de Almeida, Martin Desrosiers, Richard M Gall, Artur Gevorgyan, A Hassan Hassan and 16 more

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Guideline in Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Observational
  2. Article
  3. Risk of SARS-CoV-2 contagion in otolaryngology specialists.Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale · 2022
    Article
  4. Review
  5. Most Common Pathogens Causing Rhinosinusitis in Patients Who Underwent Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

26 authors at 9 institutions in 1 country.

Yvonne ChanDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. y.chan@utoronto.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8502-3214
Sarfaraz M BanglawalaDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Christopher J ChinDivision of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Saint John, NB, Canada.
David W J CôtéUniversity of Montreal Hospital Center (CHUM) and Research Center (CRCHUM), Montreal, QC, Canada.
Dustin DalgorfDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
John R de AlmeidaDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Martin DesrosiersUniversite de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Richard M GallDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Artur GevorgyanDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
A Hassan HassanDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada.
Arif JanjuaDivision of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
John M LeeDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Randy M LeungDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Bradford D MechorCalgary Sinus Centre, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Dominik MertzDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Eric MonteiroDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Smriti NayanDivision of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Brian RotenbergDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
John ScottDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Kristine A SmithDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Doron D SommerDivision of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Leigh SowerbyDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Marc A TewfikDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Andrew ThambooDivision of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Allan VescanDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Ian J WitterickDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
University of Toronto · CAMcMaster University · CADalhousie University · CAUniversité de Montréal · CAUniversity of British Columbia · CAUniversity of Manitoba · CAWestern University · CAMcGill University · CANOSM University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Healthcare services in many countries have been partially or completely disrupted by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic since its onset in the end of 2019. Amongst the most impacted are the elective medical and surgical services in order to conserve resources to care for COVID-19 patients. As the number of infected patients decrease across Canada, elective surgeries are being restarted in a staged manner. Since Otolaryngologists - Head & Neck Surgeons manage surgical diseases of the upper aerodigestive tract where the highest viral load reside, it is imperative that these surgeries resume in a safe manner. The aim of this document is to compile the current best evidence available and provide expert consensus on the safe restart of rhinologic and skull base surgeries while discussing the pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative care and tips. Risk assessment, patient selection, case triage, and pre-operative COVID-19 testing will be analyzed and discussed. These guidelines will also consider the optimal use of personal protective equipment for specific cases, general and specific operative room precautions, and practical tips of intra-operative maneuvers to optimize patient and provider safety. Given that the literature surrounding COVID-19 is rapidly evolving, these recommendations will serve to start our specialty back into elective rhinologic surgeries over the next months and they may change as we learn more about this disease.

Indexed as

COVID-19COVID-19 TestingPandemicsDisease Transmission, InfectiousHumansNoseOtolaryngologyOtorhinolaryngologic DiseasesOtorhinolaryngologic Surgical ProceduresPersonal Protective EquipmentPostoperative CarePreoperative CareSkull Base

Identifiers

PMID33272328
PMCPMC7714255
OpenAlexW3109073769

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