Is elective cancer surgery safe during the COVID-19 pandemic?

C Ji, K Singh, AZ Luther, A Agrawal - World Journal of Surgery, 2020 - Springer
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a significant decrease in the number
of elective cancer operations performed. Cancer patients are felt to be a high-risk group for …

[HTML][HTML] Postoperative nosocomial covid-19 infection in surgical patients during pandemic: a prospective observational cohort study

N Mohammadzadeh, A Abkhoo, M Ashouri… - Annals of Medicine and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background: increased pressure on healthcare systems and possible risk of nosocomial
COVID-19 infection during pandemic urged many guidelines to severely restrict the number …

Impact of COVID-19 on gastrointestinal cancer surgery: A National Survey

AM Parray, VA Chaudhari, MS Bhandare… - … Archives of Surgery, 2022 - Springer
Purpose To understand the actual impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and frame the future
strategies, we conducted a pan India survey to study the impact on the surgical management …

Continuing cancer surgery through the first six months of the COVID‐19 pandemic at an academic university hospital in India: A lower‐middle‐income country …

N Akhtar, S Rajan, D Chakrabarti… - Journal of surgical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background The novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID‐19) hinders the treatment of non‐
COVID illnesses like cancer, which may be pronounced in lower‐middle‐income countries …

Mandatory preoperative COVID‐19 testing for cancer patients—Is it justified?

SS Nekkanti, S Vasudevan Nair… - Journal of Surgical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 has caused substantial
disruptions in routine clinical care. Emerging data show that surgery in coronavirus disease …

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Cancer Surgical Services—AIIMS, New Delhi Experience

SVS Deo, S Kumar, M Ray, S Bhoriwal… - Indian Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
COVID pandemic has impacted cancer care delivery and cancer surgical services globally.
There is an urgent need to study the extent of the impact of COVID on cancer surgery and …

Continuing surgical care in cancer patients during the nationwide lockdown in the COVID‐19 pandemic—Perioperative outcomes from a tertiary care cancer center in …

E Pai, S Chopra, D Mandloi… - Journal of surgical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background The coronavirus disease‐2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic has disrupted
management of non‐COVID‐19 illnesses, including cancer. For many solid organ cancers …

Flattening the curve in oncologic surgery: Impact of Covid‐19 on surgery at tertiary care cancer center

EI Chang, JJ Liu - Journal of surgical oncology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Covid‐19 has ushered in drastic changes to the healthcare system in order to
“flatten the curve”; in particular, surgical operations that can consume vital, limited resources …

Risk of acquiring perioperative COVID-19 during the initial pandemic peak: a retrospective cohort study

LG Axiotakis Jr, BE Youngerman, RK Casals… - Annals of …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To determine the risk of acquiring perioperative COVID-19 infection in previously
COVID-19 negative patients. Summary of Background Data: During the initial peak of the …

Postoperative onset and detection of SARS-CoV-2 in surgically resected specimens from gastrointestinal cancer patients with pre/asymptomatic COVID-19

YL Liu, J Ren, JP Yuan, ZJ Zhang, WY Guo… - Annals of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To describe the epidemiologic features and clinical courses of gastrointestinal
cancer patients with pre/asymptomatic COVID-19 and to explore evidence of SARS-CoV-2 …