The impact of preoperative screening system on head and neck cancer surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: Recommendations from the nationwide survey in Japan.


Journal

Auris, nasus, larynx
ISSN: 1879-1476
Titre abrégé: Auris Nasus Larynx
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 7708170

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Aug 2020
Historique:
received: 08 05 2020
accepted: 12 05 2020
pubmed: 20 5 2020
medline: 8 9 2020
entrez: 20 5 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), hospitals worldwide are at risk of nosocomial infection. Preoperative identification of COVID-19 in patients who are scheduled to be admitted to the hospital is essential to preventing the collapse of medical facility. In Japan, the preoperative observation and screening tests with the RT-PCR testing for the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and chest CT scan are recommended for head and neck cancer surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic. We conducted surveys of the current situation in Japan through the internet. Chest CT scan was fully performed (90%), but the RT-PCR testing was not adequately performed (51%). Although the current screening system can be considered effective to a certain extent, we recommend further widespread use of pre-admission RT-PCR testing not only for patients with head and neck cancer surgery but also for all the hospitalized patients, in order to promote safer treatments, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32425317
doi: 10.1016/j.anl.2020.05.006
pii: S0385-8146(20)30122-X
pmc: PMC7229909
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

687-691

Informations de copyright

© 2020 Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Society of Japan Inc. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Auteurs

Ichiro Ota (I)

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan. Electronic address: iota@naramed-u.ac.jp.

Yukinori Asada (Y)

Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Miyagi Cancer Center, Natori, Miyagi, Japan.

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