Individuals with SARS-CoV-2 infection can develop symptoms that persist well beyond the
acute phase of COVID-19 or emerge after the acute phase, lasting for weeks or months after …

Current or recent infection with SARS-CoV-2 increases the risk of perioperative morbidity
and mortality. Consensus guidelines recommend delaying elective major surgery after acute …

Simple Summary During the early era of the COVID-19 pandemic, studies recommended
delaying surgery for COVID-19 patients, given the high perioperative risk of preoperative …

Background We evaluated the impact of preoperative COVID-19 on early postoperative
mortality in patients undergoing time-sensitive cancer surgery. Methods This retrospective …

Over 300 million surgeries are performed globally on an annual basis. 1 This growing
number is being performed on an increasingly aging and medically complex population. At …

Basic tenets of medical ethics—respect for patient autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence,
and justice—require that physicians respect and promote patient autonomy; intend and …

Study objective To assess the impact of preoperative infection with the contemporary strain
of severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on postoperative mortality …

In the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, it became apparent that adult patients with a
diagnosis of COVID-19 before or after surgery were at increased risk of severe respiratory …

Background The presence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-
2) in myocardial autopsy tissues has been observed in certain individuals with coronavirus …

Objectives To explore the effects of perioperative SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection on
postoperative complications in patients with liver cancer. Methods A propensity-matched …