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Patients with long Covid regain sense of smell and taste with pioneering surgery (www.theguardian.com)

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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.

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