Assessing the Safety of Endoscopic Sinus Surgery After COVID‐19 Infection
Ella Prebel Jackert, Oluwatobiloba Ayo‐Ajibola, Eric X Wei · 2025
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Description
Patients with chronic sinus disease often need endoscopic surgery, and many have recently had COVID-19. Ella Prebel Jackert, Oluwatobiloba Ayo-Ajibola, and Eric Wei ask in 2025 whether a recent infection makes that surgery riskier. They mine a large health database covering nearly 50,000 sinus operations from 2020 to 2024. Matching balances the groups by age, health, and background. They compare patients infected within two months of surgery, those infected earlier, and those never infected.
A recent infection raised the risk of nosebleeds and congestion after surgery by roughly a quarter. Major complications showed no increase in any group. The authors conclude the operation stays broadly safe, while timing still deserves a thought in care planning.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ella Prebel Jackert, Oluwatobiloba Ayo‐Ajibola, Eric X Wei |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |