TY - JOUR AU - Memoona Afzal, Tabassum Aziz, Nausheen Qureshi, Sundas Masood, Fatima Shahid, Asmara Hussain, Memoona Afzal, Tabassum Aziz, Nausheen Qureshi, Sundas Masood, Fatima Shahid, Asmara Hussain PY - 2021/03/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Impact of COVID-19 on Elective Surgical Lists in Otorhinolaryngology: An Overview JF - Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College JA - JRMC VL - 25 IS - 1 SE - Short Communication DO - 10.37939/jrmc.v25i1.1513 UR - https://journalrmc.com/index.php/JRMC/article/view/1513 SP - AB - <p><strong>Objective:</strong> To study how the COVID-19 is affecting the treatment and management of other ailments. Try to find a strategy to resume elective OR lists.<br><strong>Introduction:</strong> We overviewed the effect of COVID-19 on the elective surgical lists of otorhinolaryngology in the ENT Department of Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi.<br><strong>Materials and Methods:</strong> The data from Jan 2020 to July 2020 was collected. It is a descriptive study analyzing the data, 3 months before and 3 months after the imposition of lockdown in the whole of Pakistan due to a surge in COVID-19 cases. The data was collected from the operation dating register of OPD and elective operative lists of ENT OT. Data were analyzed by Microsoft excel spreadsheet version 7. <br><strong>Results</strong>: There was an overall 92% decrease in the elective surgical procedures done in the ENT dept. of Holy family Hospital during the COVID-19 lockdown period. The procedures done in the COVID lockdown period were mostly emergency procedures and lifesaving procedures.<br><strong>Conclusion:</strong> COVID-19 has badly impacted the elective surgical procedures and in turn the health of the patients presenting to ENT OPD with various diseases which were treated surgically before COVID lockdown.<br><strong>Recommendations:</strong> To prevent this from happening again during the 2nd wave of COVID-19, we could opt for multiple precautionary measures to avoid the spread of infection and continue the provision of our surgical services to the patients.</p> ER -