Approaching surgical triage during the COVID-19 pandemic

ME Brindle, G Doherty, K Lillemoe… - Annals of surgery, 2020 - journals.lww.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed surgical priorities in the United States and
worldwide. Patients with timesensitive surgical conditions or tumors have been prioritised …

A multidisciplinary team approach for triage of elective cancer surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital during the novel coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak

M Qadan, TS Hong, KK Tanabe, DP Ryan… - Annals of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Over the last few weeks, the surge in novel COVID-19 coronavirus cases in the United
States has resulted in unprecedented disruptions to daily life in hospitals and beyond …

The COVID trolley dilemma

C Shao - The American Journal of Surgery, 2020 - americanjournalofsurgery.com
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, hospital systems have had to drastically reduce the number
of surgeries being performed, and in many cases eliminate certain procedures altogether …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Elective surgery in the time of COVID-19

A Diaz, BA Sarac, AR Schoenbrunner… - American journal of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has placed a significant strain on the United States health care
system, and frontline healthcare workers are rapidly altering their professional …

A combined approach to priorities of surgical oncology during the COVID-19 epidemic

V Mazzaferro, P Danelli, G Torzilli, MD dit Busset… - Annals of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
The number of people infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 has
exponentially increased worldwide 1 and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is officially …

Planning the full recovery phase: an antifragile perspective on surgery after COVID-19

L Cobianchi, F Dal Mas, A Peloso, L Pugliese… - Annals of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
The global COVID-19 pandemic has had dramatic effects on healthcare systems worldwide,
being described as a ''black swan,''a rare and unexpected event whose magnitude will likely …

The post COVID-19 surgical backlog: now is the time to implement enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS)

O Ljungqvist, G Nelson, N Demartines - World journal of surgery, 2020 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken an unimaginable toll on human life, economy and the
healthcare system. As a surgical community, this required implementing drastic changes …

The consequences of delaying elective surgery: surgical perspective

SJ Fu, EL George, PM Maggio, M Hawn… - Annals of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Delays in surgery will have real impacts on patient health outcomes, hospital finances and
resources, as well as training and research programs. A thoughtful and concerted effort is …

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 …