Head and neck cancer surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international, multicenter, observational cohort study.
Richard J ShawPublished in: Cancer (2020)
Head and neck surgery is safe for patients during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic even when it is lengthy and complex. This is significant because concerns over patient safety raised in many guidelines appear not to be reflected by outcomes, even for those who have other serious illnesses or require complex reconstructions. Patients subjected to suboptimal or nonstandard treatments should be carefully followed up to optimize their cancer outcomes. The overlap between patients and surgeons testing positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is notable and emphasizes the need for fastidious cross-infection controls and effective personal protective equipment.
Keyphrases
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- coronavirus disease
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- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- minimally invasive
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
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- quality improvement
- clinical trial
- adipose tissue
- magnetic resonance imaging
- computed tomography
- coronary artery bypass
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- insulin resistance
- papillary thyroid