Overview of Upper Airway Management During Covid-19 Outbreak: Head & Neck Surgeon's Perspective.

At the end of December, 2019, a new virus was named SARS-CoV-2 appeared in Wuhan, China the disease it causes as COVID-19 by WHO, to date having infected more than 3588773 people worldwide, as well as causing 247503 deaths (1), a human to human Transmission is thought to be predominantly by droplet spread, and direct contact with the patient or contaminated surfaces. (2). This paper aims to provide a comprehensive overview as well as to highlight essential evidence based guidelines for how Head and Neck surgeon and healthcare providers need to take into consideration during their management of the upper airway during the COVID-19 pandemic safely and effectively to avoid the spread of the virus to the health provider.