Understanding surgical risk during COVID-19 pandemic: the rationale behind the decisions

K Blouhos, KA Boulas, A Paraskeva… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
On January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a global health alert for a
novel coronavirus named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) …

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 …

Surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: a comprehensive overview and perioperative care

M Al-Balas, HI Al-Balas, H Al-Balas - The American Journal of Surgery, 2020 - Elsevier
In late December 2019, outbreak pneumonia of unknown cause occurred in Wuhan, Hubei
Province, China. 1 The underlying causative agent of this pneumonia was identified as a …

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 …

Strategies for perioperative management of general surgery in the post-COVID-19 era: experiences and recommendations from frontline surgeons in Wuhan

L Wang, X Lu, J Zhang, G Wang… - Journal of British …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
SARS-CoV-2 has caused an ongoing pandemic of COVID-19, and brought a worldwide
crisis to society and economy1. With lockdown being lifted in Wuhan in April, our hospital …

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 …

Resuming elective operations after COVID-19 pandemic

PM Hussain, A Kanwal… - Journal of British …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
With the current unprecedented times, we read with interest “Global guidance for surgical
care during the COVID-19 pandemic” 1. Millions of elective surgeries across the globe have …

Surgery in a time of uncertainty: a need for universal respiratory precautions in the operating room

EH Livingston - Jama, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
2019 (COVID-19) in the past 4 months, but still much remains unknown. Severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is well characterized but how widely it …

Surgical operations during the COVID-19 outbreak: Should elective surgeries be suspended?

S Zarrintan - International Journal of Surgery, 2020 - journals.lww.com
The current outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) which causes severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continues to spread since the end of …

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 …