Personal protective equipment for surgeons during COVID-19 pandemic: systematic review of availability, usage and rationing

ZM Jessop, TD Dobbs, SR Ali… - Journal of British …, 2020‏ - academic.oup.com
Background Surgeons need guidance regarding appropriate personal protective equipment
(PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic based on scientific evidence rather than availability …

COVID-19 in Southeast Asia: current status and perspectives

DT Chu, SM Vu Ngoc, H Vu Thi, YV Nguyen Thi… - …, 2022‏ - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) has spread globally with catastrophic
damages to the public health, social and economy since the beginning of the outbreak. In …

The risk of COVID-19 transmission by laparoscopic smoke may be lower than for laparotomy: a narrative review

Y Mintz, A Arezzo, L Boni, L Baldari, E Cassinotti… - Surgical …, 2020‏ - Springer
Background Surgical smoke is a well-recognized hazard in the operating room. At the
beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, surgical societies quickly published guidelines …

Limiting hospital resources for acute appendicitis in children: Lessons learned from the US epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic

CL Kvasnovsky, Y Shi, BS Rich, RD Glick… - Journal of pediatric …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the suspension of nonemergent surgeries
throughout New York. Our tertiary care children's hospital pivoted towards a brief trial of …

Laparoscopic Surgery and the debate on its safety during COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review of recommendations

M El Boghdady, BM Ewalds-Kvist - the surgeon, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Introduction The transmission of COVID-19 virus since the outbreak of viral pneumonia due
to SARS-CoV-2 gave rise to protective operative measures. Aerosol generating procedures …

Abdominal surgery in patients with COVID-19: detection of SARS-CoV-2 in abdominal and adipose tissues

S Safari, H Keyvani, NM Alamdari… - Annals of …, 2020‏ - journals.lww.com
Multiple tissue samples were obtained during emergent abdominal surgery in 4 patients with
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to examine for tissue involvement by severe acute …

Restructuring of a general surgery residency program in an epicenter of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: lessons from New York City

JM Juprasert, KD Gray, MD Moore, L Obeid… - JAMA …, 2020‏ - jamanetwork.com
On March 1, 2020, the first case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was confirmed in
New York, New York. Since then, the city has emerged as an epicenter for the ongoing …

Immuno-thrombotic complications of COVID-19: implications for timing of surgery and anticoagulation

CM Bunch, EE Moore, HB Moore, MD Neal… - Frontiers in …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Early in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, global governing bodies
prioritized transmissibility-based precautions and hospital capacity as the foundation for …

Surgery for non-Covid-19 patients during the pandemic

M Hübner, T Zingg, D Martin, P Eckert, N Demartines - PLoS One, 2020‏ - journals.plos.org
Background In the early phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, mainly data related to the burden
of care required by infected patients were reported. The aim of this study was to illustrate the …

[HTML][HTML] Acute surgical abdomen during the COVID‑19 pandemic: Clinical and therapeutic challenges

D Serban, B Socea, CD Badiu… - Experimental and …, 2021‏ - spandidos-publications.com
The present study investigated the effects of the COVID‑19 pandemic on the clinical
presentation and therapeutic management of acute surgical abdomen. A retrospective study …