Open AccessCOVID-19 crisis and minimally invasive surgery: a narrative review on intraoperative aerosol viral transmission and their impact on guidelines and clinical practice in Austria
Author(s) -
Dong-Ho Mun,
Benjamin Pradère,
Shahrokh F. Shariat,
Ozan Volkan Yurdakul,
Mesut Remzi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
current opinion in urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.799
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1473-6586
pISSN - 0963-0643
DOI - 10.1097/mou.0000000000000891
Subject(s) - medicine , pandemic , covid-19 , transmission (telecommunications) , context (archaeology) , harm , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , disease , pathology , paleontology , political science , law , infectious disease (medical specialty) , electrical engineering , biology , engineering
The purpose of this review is to evaluate the risk of intraoperative aerosol viral transmission and the impact of updated COVID-19 guidelines on minimally invasive surgery (MIS) in Austria.