Direct impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rhinology practice

Sarah R Sutton; April N Taniguchi; Shaun A Nguyen; Zachary M Soler; Rodney J Schlosser

doi:10.1002/alr.23245

Direct impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rhinology practice

Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2024 Mar;14(3):738-740. doi: 10.1002/alr.23245. Epub 2023 Aug 12.

Authors

Sarah R Sutton^{1

2}, April N Taniguchi¹, Shaun A Nguyen¹, Zachary M Soler¹, Rodney J Schlosser¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
² Reno School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, USA.

PMID: 37482946
DOI: 10.1002/alr.23245

Abstract

The pandemic caused an increase in computed tomography imaging in patients with sinusitis, which persisted post-COVID. Nasal endoscopies significantly decreased during COVID but returned to pre-COVID levels in 2022. The management of cerebrospinal fluid leaks, tumors, and orbital pathology was not impacted by the pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19; endoscopy; health care economics; imaging; pandemic; rhinology workforce.

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / epidemiology
Endoscopy
Humans
Pandemics
Sinusitis* / diagnostic imaging
Sinusitis* / epidemiology
Sinusitis* / therapy
Tomography, X-Ray Computed