Optimizing response in surgical systems during and after COVID-19 pandemic: lessons from China and the UK–Perspective

Z Liu, Z Ding, X Guan, Y Zhang, X Wang… - International journal of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
1. Background Coronavirus (COVID-19) that was first detected in China presented in the
beginning with a series of pneumonia cases. This virus has now been detected in more than …

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 …

Readaptation of surgical practice during COVID-19 outbreak: what has been done, what is missing and what to expect

G Berardi, GB Levi Sandri, M Colasanti… - Journal of British …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
COVID-19 is challenging healthcare systems worldwide, with confirmed cases approaching
2500000 patients and more than 165000 deaths1. Italy was one of the first western countries …

[HTML][HTML] Keeping a cut above the coronavirus disease: surgical perspectives from a public health institution in Singapore during Covid‐19

ASH Ng, MH Chew, TC Charn, MK Wong… - ANZ Journal of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Singapore reported its first confirmed case of COVID-19 infection in January 2020. Shortly
after, the Republic diagnosed over 800 cases and is at Disease Outbreak Response System …

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 …

COVID-19–Implications on and of Surgical Practices: Where do we draw the line?

NG Kumar, BC Drolet - Annals of surgery, 2020 - journals.lww.com
As the number of individuals affected by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to
increase globally, measures have been implemented to curtail the spread of the virus. In …

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 …

[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 …

What happened to surgical emergencies in the era of COVID-19 outbreak? Considerations of surgeons working in an Italian COVID-19 red zone

A Patriti, E Eugeni, F Guerra - Updates in surgery, 2020 - Springer
The world healthcare community is facing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak caused
by SARS-CoV-2 that is progressively spreading to several countries. Currently, Italy is the …