Novel Solution for the ENT and Skull Base Surgeons in COVID-19 Era: A ‘POLIDON’ Approach | Chapter 5 | Advanced Concepts in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 5

 This affiliate highlights about novel resolution for the ENT and skull base surgeons in COVID-19 Era. Healthcare services in many nations have been incompletely or completely upset by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic because its beginning in the end of 2019. As the case numbers of COVID-19 have raised worldwide, it has enhance more apparent that the elevated vigorous load in the upper aerodigestive lot mucosa not only influences skull base surgery but basically all diagnostic and healing intranasal procedures that are usually part of the scope of practice for Otolaryngologist - Head and Neck Surgeons. The adulthood of endoscopic and microscopic ENT and brain base surgeries, such as pituitary gland and mastoid abscission, are AGP procedures. We deliberate eradicating or neutralizing the new coronavirus at its point of debut. As far as we are aware, RT-PCR experiment does not always influence a COVID negative result. For this reason, even cancer surgeries are discouraged, prevented, or delayed in the COVID-19 universal routine in order to keep healthcare professionals. Moreover, in case of surgical crisis there’s no way to refuse a patient for not bearing a report of COVID test. We designed and projected a novel approach, i.e. ‘POLIDON’ (POLIDON= Polythene + Povidone Iodine), which maybe the ultimate hope or answer for these unfortunate sufferers as well as surgeons or HCPs of above noticed specialties. Interestingly, among duodecimal different health management providers, including doctors, nurses and OT staffs, straightforwardly involved and exposed in these two surgeries, nobody of them were polluted/were not infected. Importantly, ‘POLIDON’ approach was understood in both the procedures.

Author(s) Details:

Mostafa Kamal Arefin,
Department of ENT and Head Neck Surgery, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh.

Muhammad Shaharior Arafat,
Department of ENT and Head Neck Surgery, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh.

SkNurul Fattah Rumi,
Department of ENT and Head Neck Surgery, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh.

Nazmul Islam Munna,
Medical Education and Health Manpower Development, Directorate General of Medical Education, Bangladesh.

Abu Yusuf Fakir,
Medical Education, Bangladesh.

Kamrul Hassan Tarafder,
Department of ENT and Head Neck Surgery, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Bangladesh.

Ashraful Islam,
Department of ENT and Head Neck Surgery, Bangladesh Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh.

Khorshed Alam Mozumder,
Department of ENT and Head Neck Surgery, Holy Family Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh.

 
A. F. Mohiuddin Khan,
Department of ENT and Head Neck Surgery, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh.

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