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cord-323831-1qadv7r1	Coleman, H	Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 in post-laryngectomy patients: case series of four patients	2020-06-23		.txt	text/plain	1999	125	53	OBJECTIVE: To report our experience of diagnosis, investigation and management in patients who had undergone laryngectomy secondary to previous squamous cell carcinoma, who were subsequently infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. CASE REPORTS: Four post-laryngectomy patients with laboratory-proven severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 infection were admitted to our institution from 1 March to 1 May 2020. 2 There is no published evidence to date on the post-operative and ward management of this group of patients with laboratory-proven SARS-CoV-2 infection. 3 Here, we present our experience of the diagnosis, investigation and management of SARS-CoV-2 positive, post-laryngectomy patients, who attended our institution between 1 March and 1 May 2020, during the Covid-19 pandemic. Patient one, a 50-year-old female, was an in-patient on the ENT ward, who was progressing well 2 weeks following total laryngectomy, bilateral neck dissection and pectoralis major flap reconstruction for a tumour-node staged T 3 N 2c moderately differentiated supraglottic SCC.	./cache/cord-323831-1qadv7r1.txt	./txt/cord-323831-1qadv7r1.txt