International registry of otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeons with COVID-19

Leigh J Sowerby; Kate Stephenson; Alexander Dickie; Federico A Di Lella; Niall Jefferson; Hannah North; R Daniele De Siati; Rebecca Maunsell; Michael Herzog; Raghu Nandhan; Marilena Trozzi; Puya Dehgani-Mobaraki; Antoine Melkane; Claudio Callejas; Harald Miljeteig; Diane Smit; Daniel Dibildox Reynoso; Joao Eloi Moura; Ann Hermansson; Shazia Peer; Lisa Burnell; Nicolas Fakhry; Carlos Chiesa-Estomba; Özlem Önerci Çelebi; Sergei Karpischenko; Steven Sobol; Zoukaa Sargi; Zara M Patel

doi:10.1002/alr.22677

International registry of otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeons with COVID-19

Leigh J Sowerby, Kate Stephenson, Alexander Dickie, Federico A Di Lella, Niall Jefferson, Hannah North, R Daniele De Siati, Rebecca Maunsell, Michael Herzog, Raghu Nandhan, Marilena Trozzi, Puya Dehgani-Mobaraki, Antoine Melkane, Claudio Callejas, Harald Miljeteig, Diane Smit, Daniel Dibildox Reynoso, Joao Eloi Moura, Ann Hermansson, Shazia PeerLisa Burnell, Nicolas Fakhry, Carlos Chiesa-Estomba, Özlem Önerci Çelebi, Sergei Karpischenko, Steven Sobol, Zoukaa Sargi, Zara M Patel

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BACKGROUND: It has become clear that healthcare workers are at high risk, and otolaryngology has been theorized to be among the highest risk specialties for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The purpose of this study was to detail the international impact of COVID-19 among otolaryngologists, and to identify instructional cases.

METHODS: Country representatives of the Young Otolaryngologists-International Federation of Otolaryngologic Societies (YO-IFOS) surveyed otolaryngologists through various channels. Nationwide surveys were distributed in 19 countries. The gray literature and social media channels were searched to identify reported deaths of otolaryngologists from COVID-19.

RESULTS: A total of 361 otolaryngologists were identified to have had COVID-19, and data for 325 surgeons was available for analysis. The age range was 25 to 84 years, with one-half under the age of 44 years. There were 24 deaths in the study period, with 83% over age 55 years. Source of infection was likely clinical activity in 175 (54%) cases. Prolonged exposure to a colleague was the source for 37 (11%) surgeons. Six instructional cases were identified where infections occurred during the performance of aerosol-generating operations (tracheostomy, mastoidectomy, epistaxis control, dacryocystorhinostomy, and translabyrinthine resection). In 3 of these cases, multiple operating room attendees were infected, and in 2, the surgeon succumbed to complications of COVID-19.

CONCLUSION: The etiology of reported cases within the otolaryngology community appear to stem equally from clinical activity and community spread. Multiple procedures performed by otolaryngologists are aerosol-generating procedures (AGPs) and great care should be taken to protect the surgical team before, during, and after these operations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1201-1208
Number of pages	8
Journal	International forum of allergy & rhinology
Volume	10
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/alr.22677
Publication status	Published - Nov 2020

Keywords

Adult
Aerosols
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Occupational Health
Otolaryngologists/statistics & numerical data
Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures/adverse effects
Pandemics/prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology
Registries/statistics & numerical data
SARS-CoV-2
Surgeons/statistics & numerical data
Surveys and Questionnaires

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Sowerby, L. J., Stephenson, K., Dickie, A., Lella, F. A. D., Jefferson, N., North, H., De Siati, R. D., Maunsell, R., Herzog, M., Nandhan, R., Trozzi, M., Dehgani-Mobaraki, P., Melkane, A., Callejas, C., Miljeteig, H., Smit, D., Reynoso, D. D., Moura, J. E., Hermansson, A., ... Patel, Z. M. (2020). International registry of otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeons with COVID-19. International forum of allergy & rhinology, 10(11), 1201-1208. https://doi.org/10.1002/alr.22677

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