Although the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic has led to a widespread disruption in services, it has also allowed us to pause and reflect, modify existing practices, develop, innovate, and provide more efficient ways of working, many of which will continue long into the future even after the pandemic has passed. Several articles in this month's issue of The Journal of Laryngology Otology are testament to this. Thus, Touska et al. present the use of transoral fine needle aspiration cytology as a technique for the diagnosis of various head and neck lesions, with particular reference to the benefits of this approach in the Covid-19 era. They present a series of five patients undergoing this procedure for a number of different tumour subsites. There are valid arguments for considering such a technique during any future surges in Covid-19 prevalence.
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