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 …

Emergency general surgery in Italy during the COVID-19 outbreak: first survey from the real life

A Patriti, GL Baiocchi, F Catena, P Marini… - World Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Background COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly spread in Italy in late February 2020. Almost
all surgical services have been reorganized, with the aim of maintaining an adequate …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Emergency surgery in COVID-19 outbreak: has anything changed? Single center experience

F D'Urbano, N Fabbri, MK Radica… - World Journal of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND The current coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic is changing the
organization of health care and has had a direct impact on the management of surgical …

Changes in surgicaL behaviOrs dUring the CoviD-19 pandemic. The SICE CLOUD19 study

U Bracale, M Podda, S Castiglioni, R Peltrini… - Updates in Surgery, 2021 - Springer
Background The spread of the SARS-CoV2 virus, which causes COVID-19 disease,
profoundly impacted the surgical community. Recommendations have been published to …

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on general surgery training program: an Italian experience

L Bernardi, P Germani… - The American …, 2020 - americanjournalofsurgery.com
The outbreak of COVID-19 infection in Italy started in late February with a rapid and dramatic
spread. The hospitals in the most hit regions of Northern Italy started modifying their working …

Surgery in COVID-19 patients: operational directives

F Coccolini, G Perrone, M Chiarugi, F Di Marzo… - World Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
The current COVID-19 pandemic underlines the importance of a mindful utilization of
financial and human resources. Preserving resources and manpower is paramount in …

A snapshot of elective oncological surgery in Italy during COVID-19 emergency: pearls, pitfalls, and perspectives

G Torzilli, L Viganò, J Galvanin, C Castoro… - Annals of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To analyze the impact of COVID-19 emergency on elective oncological surgical
activity in Italy. Summary of Background Data: COVID-19 emergency shocked national …

Surgery in times of COVID-19—recommendations for hospital and patient management

S Flemming, M Hankir, RI Ernestus, F Seyfried… - … Archives of Surgery, 2020 - Springer
Background The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has escalated rapidly to a global …

COVID-19 outbreak in Northern Italy: Viewpoint of the Milan area surgical community

H Kurihara, P Bisagni, R Faccincani… - Journal of Trauma and …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
SUMMARY In February 2020, 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak put the whole
health system of Lombardy (Northern Italy) under severe pressure. The system response …