Guest Editors
Carlos Chiesa-Estomba
Donostia University Hospital, Osakidetza
Dr. Carlos Chiesa-Estomba is a ENT-Head & Neck Surgeon with special interest in head & neck oncological ablative and reconstructive surgery, management of salivary gland pathology, and the development of applications regarding new technologies like 3D-bioprinting or machine learning. He works as a Head & Neck Oncological and Reconstructive Surgeon in the Donostia University Hospital and is an active researcher in Head & Neck Surgery for the Young Otolaryngologists of the International Federation of Oto-rhino-laryngological Societies study group. He's a current member of the YO-IFOS Task Force – COVID-19 and works as a researcher in the Biodonostia Health Research Institute and Basque Country University. He is a reviewer for more than 10 high-impact factor journals related to the field of otorhinolaryngology, and he has published more than 60 PubMed-indexed publications.
Jérome R. Lechien
Hospital Foch, Paris
Jerome Lechien is an Otolaryngologist (MD, PhD, MS) from Foch Hospital (Paris) and CHU de Bruxelles (Brussels). He specializes in otolaryngology-gead & neck surgery, rhinology, oncology, laryngology, and voice and reflux disease. He manages the research committee of Young Otolaryngologists of International Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (YO IFOS). He is a European Member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery.
Collection Overview
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit almost every country around the world, making necessary to change surgical and clinical behavior across different surgical and medical specialties. As Ear, Nose, and Throat – Head & Neck Surgeons, we need to perform and participate in examinations and procedures within the head and neck region and the airway that carry a particularly high risk of exposure and infection because of aerosol and droplet contamination. This special collection tries to support the spread of videos dedicated to increasing healthcare workers’ safety in the clinic when ENT doctors evaluate the airway or when it is necessary to perform a surgical procedure (tracheostomy, transoral surgery, nose surgery, otological surgery, etc).
