... dysfunction is a common symptom of COVID-19. However, subjective perception of olfactory function does not always correlate well with more objective measures. This study seeks to clarify associations between subjective and psychophysical measures of olfaction and gustation in patients with subjective...

...Shalina Kaur Harminder Singh; Salina Husain; Aneeza Khairiyah Wan Hamizan; Farah Dayana Zahedi; Siti Norlia Othman; Zetti Zainol Rashid Introduction: The aims of the study were to perform an olfactory assessment on patients active and post-COVID-19 using the culturally adapted Malaysian version...

...Francisco Alves de Sousa; João Tarrio; André Sousa Machado; Joana Raquel Costa; Catarina Pinto; Ana Nóbrega Pinto; Bruno Moreira; Luís Meireles Introduction: To date, little is known about predisposing factors for persistent COVID-19-induced olfactory dysfunction (pCIOD). The objective...

...Paolo Boscolo-Rizzo; Margherita Tofanelli; Enrico Zanelli; Nicoletta Gardenal; Giancarlo Tirelli Introduction: No studies have reported data on 2-year prevalence and recovery rates of self-reported COVID-19-related quantitative and qualitative olfactory and gustatory dysfunction. The aim...

...Simon Bérubé; Claudia Demers; Nicholas Bussière; Frank Cloutier; Valérie Pek; Angela Chen; Josiane Bolduc-Bégin; Johannes Frasnelli Introduction: Olfactory dysfunction is one of the main symptoms of COVID-19 and may last beyond resolution of the infection. The most promising intervention for post...

...Deniz Esin Tekcan Sanli; Aytug Altundag; Duzgun Yıldırım; Sedat Giray Kandemirli; Ahmet Necati Sanli Introduction: The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between olfactory cleft width/volume and COVID-19-related anosmia. Methods: This study consisted of PCR-proven COVID-19 patients...

... of surgical procedures following the suspension of routine surgery during the COVID-19 crisis. Routine rhinology surgery under general anaesthetic (GA) is now faced with significant challenges which include limited theatre capacity, the negative ramifications of surgical prioritization, reduced patient...

...Janne Schwab; Caroline Damsgaard Jensen; Alexander Wieck Fjaeldstad Introduction: Chemosensory dysfunction (CD) has proven valuable in prediction of COVID-19, as it is a frequent and specific symptom of the disease. The aim of this study was to investigate the duration of CD in patients with sudden...

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...Iordanis Konstantinidis; Alexander Delides; Evangelia Tsakiropoulou; Pavlos Maragoudakis; Spyridon Sapounas; Sotirios Tsiodras Introduction: The course of anosmia and ageusia in COVID-19 patients is not yet clearly known. We present short-term follow-up data concerning mild to moderate disease...

...Dong-Hyun Lee; Subin Kim; Ji-Sun Kim; Byung Guk Kim; Ki-Hong Chang; Jun-Ook Park Background: During the ongoing pandemic of COVID-19, tracheotomy under emergency situation is considered a high-risk procedure that causes probable expose to aerosolized secretion. Summary: We reviewed our case...

... carcinoma Skull base surgery COVID-19 Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma (SNUC) is a rare poorly differentiated malignancy arising from the sinonasal tract. While SNUC has itself a poor prognosis, a subset of sinonasal neoplasms with inactivation of the SMARCB (INI-1) tumor suppressor gene...

... of the 500 patients, 69 presented with olfactory loss. Twenty-two of them subsequently tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. Only 12 out of the patients without olfactory loss tested positive, resulting in a frequency of 64.7% for the symptom “sudden smell loss” in COVID-19 patients. Compared to COVID-19 patients...