Table 1 Priority of otologic surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic
From: Otology practice during COVID-19 era: a review of current practice
Priority: urgent | |
Life-threatening ear disease or related complications | |
Priority: within 48 to 72 h | |
Acute mastoiditis not responding to maximal medical treatment | |
Acute mastoiditis with subperiosteal abscess | |
Cranial and intracranial complications of cholesteatoma | |
Barotrauma with evident perilymph fistula and SNHL | |
Trauma to facial nerve, pinna | |
Vestibular schwannoma with brainstem compression event | |
Priority: within 4 weeks | |
Cochlear implantation for SNHL because of meningitis | |
Otologic neoplasia; awaiting decision of multidisciplinary team (MDT) | |
Priority: within 12 weeks | |
May seem safe for | |
Cholesteatoma, uncomplicated and stable | |
Cochlear implantation for pre-lingual profound SNHL | |
Implantable hearing aids | |
Non-life-threatening lesions requiring neurotologic procedures | |
Ossiculoplasty, stapedoplasty, meatoplasty, tympanoplasty |