Open AccessHead and neck cancer surgery during the coronavirus pandemic: a single-institution experience
Author(s) -
Jean Pierre Jean,
Ricard Simó,
Richard Oakley,
William A. Townley,
Georgios Orfaniotis,
A. Fry,
Asit Arora,
Claire Taylor,
Imtiaz Ahmad
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of laryngology and otology/the journal of laryngology and otology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.561
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1748-5460
pISSN - 0022-2151
DOI - 10.1017/s0022215121000426
Subject(s) - medicine , head and neck cancer , pandemic , cancer surgery , surgery , cancer , head and neck , disease , general surgery , covid-19 , infectious disease (medical specialty) , radiation therapy
The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic resulted in the cessation of elective surgery. The continued provision of complex head and neck cancer surgery was extremely variable, with some UK centres not performing any cancer surgery. During the pandemic, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust received high numbers of coronavirus disease 2019 admissions. This paper presents our experience of elective complex major head and neck cancer surgery throughout the pandemic.