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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

[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 …

[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 …

Rethinking how we care for our patients in a time of social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic

SA Vogler, AL Lightner - Journal of British Surgery, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The digital era has revolutionized the second half of the 20th century. Medicine has not been
spared. It was not long ago that a Palm Pilot with access to Epocrates was the greatest …

Elective surgery after the pandemic: waves beyond the horizon

J Mayol, C Fernández Pérez - Journal of British Surgery, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) outbreak became a pandemic in less than 4 months1. Most
healthcare systems have seen the capacity to treat surgical patients decrease dramatically …

Surgical response to COVID-19 pandemic: a Singapore perspective

S Ahmed, WLG Tan, YL Chong - Journal of the American College …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread rapidly and overwhelm health systems around
the world. Tan Tock Seng Hospital was the epicenter in the coordination and management …

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 …