International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS)
ISSN: 2319-5886 Indexed in: ESCI (Thomson Reuters)
Subashree Velmurgun
Department of ENT-HNS, Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, IndiaPublications
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Research
Inoperable Advanced Head and Neck Cancers: Is COVID-19 Pandemic the Culprit? Our Analysis at a Tertiary Care Hospital
Author(s): Shahid Rasool*, Shifa Qureshi, Subashree Velmurgun, Mahwish Fatima, Ayushi Manghani and Khaja Naseeruddin
Objectives: To study the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on Head and neck cancers and its impact on upgrading the stage and in-operability due to delay in seeking health care provision. Study design: This is a retrospective crosssectional study. Settings: Institutional medical record database. Methods: The number of HNC cases that visited our health care facility for a period of 14 months during the pandemic from March 2020 to May 2021 were studied, these cases were compared with HNC cases who attended the facility before the pandemic for an equal number of 14 months, until 1st lockdown was announced in March 2020 by the Government of India. Information about patients was extracted and gathered from the medical records of the hospital and supplemented by telephone interviews. Results: Most of the cases were males above 40 years of age with a male: female ratio of 4.25:1. The most comm.. Read More»
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