(Supplementary Figure 1). Patients underwent surgery in 78 hospitals from 16 countries,
predominantly in Italy (n= 44), UK (n= 28) and Spain (n= 20). 112 patients with a previous …

Recommendations for general surgery activities in a pandemic scenario (SARS-CoV-2) | British
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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 …

Guidance for the timing of surgery following SARS‐CoV‐2 infection needed reassessment
given widespread vaccination, less virulent variants, contemporary evidence and a need to …

The scale of the COVID‐19 pandemic means that a significant number of patients who have
previously been infected with SARS‐CoV‐2 will require surgery. Given the potential for …

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 …

Abstract Peri-operative SARS-CoV-2 infection increases postoperative mortality. The aim of
this study was to determine the optimal duration of planned delay before surgery in patients …

Background Surgeons urgently need guidance on how to deliver surgical services safely
and effectively during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim was to identify the key domains that …

Background Surgical services are preparing to scale up in areas affected by COVID-19. This
study aimed to evaluate the association between preoperative SARS-CoV-2 testing and …

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 …