We write this editorial some 2.5 years after the first national COVID-19 lockdown was
announced in the UK on 17 March 2020. We reflect on the reality of how the pandemic and …

Introduction The SARS-CoV-2 global pandemic has caused a crisis disrupting health
systems worldwide. While efforts are being made to determine the extent of the disruption …

Abstract Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic by
the WHO on 11 March 2020 and global surgical practice was compromised. This …

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the novel severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread globally and rapidly developed into a …

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the fragility of elective surgical and anaesthesia services,
resulting in millions of operations being cancelled across the world 1. As health systems …

Background We aimed to determine symptomatic Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
rates within 1 month of elective arthroplasty for vaccinated individuals and to determine …

AIM OF THE STUDY: This study presents the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on elective
surgical treatment of patients diagnosed with colon cancer, in a University Clinic of Surgery …

Endometrial cancer represents an ideal target to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 being the
most frequent gynecological malignancy in Italy, generally detected at early stages and …

Abstract Purpose of Review Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) has had an enormous
impact on all aspects of healthcare, but its effect on patients needing surgery and surgeons …

Background Surgical site infection is the most common complication of abdominal surgery,
with a global impact on patients and health systems. There are no tools to identify wound …