The management of surgical patients in the emergency setting during COVID-19 pandemic: the WSES position paper

B De Simone, E Chouillard, M Sartelli, WL Biffl… - World Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background Since the COVID-19 pandemic has occurred, nations showed their
unpreparedness to deal with a mass casualty incident of this proportion and severity, which …

Emergency general surgery in Italy during the COVID-19 outbreak: first survey from the real life

A Patriti, GL Baiocchi, F Catena, P Marini… - World Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
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 …

Emergency surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: what you need to know for practice

B De Simone, E Chouillard… - The Annals of The …, 2020 - publishing.rcseng.ac.uk
Introduction Several articles have been published about the reorganisation of surgical
activity during the COVID-19 pandemic but few, if any, have focused on the impact that this …

[HTML][HTML] Emergency surgery in COVID-19 outbreak: has anything changed? Single center experience

F D'Urbano, N Fabbri, MK Radica… - World Journal of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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 …

Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on general surgical emergencies: are some emergencies really urgent? Level 1 trauma center experience

A Surek, S Ferahman, E Gemici, AC Dural… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose The aim of this paper is to investigate the effect of COVID-19 pandemic on general
surgical emergencies as well as analyzing the effectiveness of measures taken in reducing …

Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on emergency surgery services—a multi-national survey among WSES members

M Reichert, M Sartelli, MA Weigand… - World Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is a major challenge for health care
services worldwide. It's impact on oncologic therapies and elective surgery has been …

Two years later: Is the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic still having an impact on emergency surgery? An international cross-sectional survey among WSES members

M Reichert, M Sartelli, MA Weigand, M Hecker… - World Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is still ongoing and a major challenge for
health care services worldwide. In the first WSES COVID-19 emergency surgery survey, a …

What happened to surgical emergencies in the era of COVID-19 outbreak? Considerations of surgeons working in an Italian COVID-19 red zone

A Patriti, E Eugeni, F Guerra - Updates in surgery, 2020 - Springer
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 …

The management of surgical patients during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic

G Spolverato, G Capelli, A Restivo, QR Bao… - Surgery, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has raised several issues
regarding the management of surgical patients. The aim of the current study was to clarify …

General surgery and COVID-19: review of practical recommendations in the first pandemic phase

V Bresadola, C Biddau, A Puggioni, A Tel, M Robiony… - Surgery today, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background In March, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a
pandemic. The absence of previous knowledge of COVID-19 has made decision-making …