Open AccessEmergency surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: what you need to know for practice
Author(s) -
Belinda De Simone,
Élie Chouillard,
Salomone Di Saverio,
Léonardo Pagani,
Massimo Sartelli,
Walter L. Biffl,
Federico Coccolini,
Angela Pieri,
Mansoor A. Khan,
Giuseppe Borzellino,
Fabio Cesare Campanile,
Luca Ansaloni,
Fausto Catena
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of the royal college of surgeons of england
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.39
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1478-7083
pISSN - 0035-8843
DOI - 10.1308/rcsann.2020.0097
Subject(s) - pandemic , medicine , covid-19 , medical emergency , perioperative , laparoscopy , pneumoperitoneum , triage , health care , emergency surgery , personal protective equipment , operating theatres , general surgery , intensive care medicine , surgery , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , pathology , economics , economic growth
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 has had on emergency and trauma surgery. Our aim was to review the most current data on COVID-19 to provide essential suggestions on how to manage the acute abdomen during the pandemic.