COVID-19 and the general surgical department–measures to reduce spread of SARS-COV-2 among surgeons

D Yeo, C Yeo, S Kaushal, G Tan - Annals of Surgery, 2020 - journals.lww.com
The end of 2019 was marked by the emergence of a novel coronavirus, 1 now termed as
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). SARS-CoV-2 causes …

Managing COVID-19 in surgical systems

ME Brindle, A Gawande - Annals of surgery, 2020 - journals.lww.com
As COVID-19 spreads quickly from Europe and Asia to the rest of the world, hospitals are
rapidly becoming hot zones for treatment and transmission of this disease in settings with …

To a new normal: surgery and COVID-19 during the transition phase

L Cobianchi, L Pugliese, A Peloso, F Dal Mas… - Annals of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
The SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19) pandemic has been described as a ''black swan'': a rare and
unexpected event of large magnitude whose consequence will likely have a major role in …

[HTML][HTML] Restructuring the surgical service during the COVID-19 pandemic: experience from a tertiary institution in Singapore

TY Low, M Hartman, CYJ Chee… - American Journal of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken the world by storm and overwhelmed healthcare
institutions even in developed countries. As one of the earliest countries to experience the …

Understanding surgical risk during COVID-19 pandemic: the rationale behind the decisions

K Blouhos, KA Boulas, A Paraskeva… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
On January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a global health alert for a
novel coronavirus named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) …

COVID-19: What are the challenges for NHS surgery?

NL Wielogórska, CC Ekwobi - Current Problems in Surgery, 2020 - Elsevier
In December, 2019 while COVID-19 was unfolding in China, surgeons in the United
Kingdom were enjoying some of their last few months of normality. By April, 2020 all …

Lessons Learned at a COVID-19 designated hospital

JA Edwards, I Breitman… - The American …, 2021 - americanjournalofsurgery.com
The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically changed the daily activities of the Department of
Surgery. All elective surgeries and clinics were canceled per the American College of …

Operationalizing the operating room: ensuring appropriate surgical care in the era of COVID-19

EC Wick, L Pierce, MC Conte, JA Sosa - Annals of surgery, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Over the past decade, most academic medical centers have experienced increasing
demands for surgical services. In many instances, lack of capacity in the operating rooms …

COVID-19: How can a department of general surgery survive in a pandemic?

C Guerci, A Maffioli, AA Bondurri, L Ferrario, F Lazzarin… - Surgery, 2020 - surgjournal.com
The outbreak of the coronavirus disease officially started on December 31, 2019 when the
Wuhan Municipal Health Commission reported 27 cases of pneumonia of an unknown …

Surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: a comprehensive overview and perioperative care

M Al-Balas, HI Al-Balas, H Al-Balas - The American Journal of Surgery, 2020 - Elsevier
In late December 2019, outbreak pneumonia of unknown cause occurred in Wuhan, Hubei
Province, China. 1 The underlying causative agent of this pneumonia was identified as a …