A Guiding Principles Checklist for Otolaryngologic Surgery in the COVID-19 Era

Echocardiography education in COVID-19 era

Gender Confirmation Surgery: Guiding Principles.

BACKGROUND At this time, no formal training or educational programs exist for surgeons or surgery residents interested in performing gender confirmation surgeries. AIM To propose guiding principles designed to aid with the development of formal surgical training programs focused on gender confirmation surgery. METHODS We use expert opinion to provide a "first of its kind" framework for trai...

Surgery Team Preparations for the Covid-19 Pandemic: A systematic Review Study

Introduction: Hospital operating rooms during pandemics, new guidelines are needed to perform surgeries safely and effectively. Methods: In this systematic meta-analysis study, articles published in the first half of 2020 were reviewed. In order to obtain related scientific documents, electronic search in Persian and English using the keywords Covid-19, operating room, surgery, epidemic in the ...

Antibiotic prophylaxis in otolaryngologic surgery

AIM  Antibiotic prophylaxis aims to prevent infection of surgical sites before contamination or infection occurs. Prolonged antibiotic prophylaxis does not enhance the prevention of surgical infection and is associated with higher rates of antibiotic-resistant microorganisms. This review of the literature concerning antibiotic prophylaxis, with an emphasis on otolaryngologic surgery, aims to de...

Bereavement for a Loved Person: A Look at the Opinions and Process of Coping With Grief in the COVID-19 Era

Objective: The challenges of grief caused by the COVID-19 epidemic and how to deal with it are serious issues affecting people worldwide, including Iran. Accordingly, the present study aimed to explore the nature of mourning for those who lost their family members during the COVID-19 epidemic and identify the quality of strategies used to cope with it.  Methods: This qualitative study was cond...