National Trends in US Otolaryngology Surgical Volume During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2021 Apr 1;147(4):397-399. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2020.5472.

Authors

Anirudh Saraswathula¹, Christine G Gourin¹, C Matthew Stewart¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.

Abstract

This cohort study describes changes in US otolaryngology surgical volumes during the early COVID-19 pandemic.

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / epidemiology*
Humans
Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures / statistics & numerical data*
Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures / trends
Pandemics*
SARS-CoV-2
United States / epidemiology

Grants and funding

T32 DC000027/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS/United States