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 …

Background: The first COVID-19 pandemic wave hit most of the health-care systems
worldwide. The present survey aimed to provide a European overview on the COVID-19 …

Abstract Background and Objectives Italy was severely affected by the severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic. Our Institution, Piedmont's largest tertiary …

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 …

Background In the early phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, mainly data related to the burden
of care required by infected patients were reported. The aim of this study was to illustrate the …

(1) Background: The pandemic had a strong impact on healthcare for other diseases, the so-
called collateral damage. This situation heavily impacted the health care system, causing a …

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 …

Introduction The spread of the SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19) has required adaptation
by hospitals affected by the pandemic, which has caused a reduction in elective surgical …

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 …

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 …