Patients with long Covid regain sense of smell and taste with pioneering surgery
Patients with long Covid regain sense of smell and taste with pioneering surgery
Surgeons believe the technique called functional septorhinoplasty (fSRP) ‘kickstarts’ smell recovery in patients
Summary
Doctors at University College London Hospitals (UCLH) have restored smell and taste in long Covid patients using a pioneering nasal surgery.
The procedure, functional septorhinoplasty (fSRP), increases airflow to the olfactory region, helping kickstart recovery.
In a study, 12 patients who had suffered anosmia for over two years saw improvement, while a control group did not.
Researchers believe enhanced odorant delivery reactivates smell receptors. The findings, published in Facial Plastic Surgery, offer hope for long Covid sufferers with persistent sensory loss.
