Open AccessRecomendaciones para la cirugía videoendoscópica y mininvasiva en contexto de pandemia COVID-19
Author(s) -
Fabio O. Leiro,
Bernabé M. Quesada,
Ricardo Mentz,
Maximiliano Loviscek,
Guillermo E. Arbues,
Gonzalo G. Crosbie,
Juan Pablo Córdoba
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista argentina de cirugía/revista argentina de cirugía
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2250-639X
pISSN - 0048-7600
DOI - 10.25132/raac.v112.n3.1544.es
Subject(s) - covid-19 , pandemic , context (archaeology) , psychological intervention , medicine , medical emergency , nursing , geography , disease , archaeology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology
In the scenario of the COVID-19 pandemic, planning of surgical interventions needs to be FO Leiro y col. Recomendaciones COVID-19: videoendoscópica y mininvasiva. Rev Argent Cirug 2020;112(3):239-248 244 adapted and could be modified depending on the new information and on the dynamics of the pandemic phase each region is going through. The situation of human resources and hospital supplies, and the availability of general ward and intensive care unit (ICU) beds should be considered in the decisions. Given the continuous changes in the knowledge of a completely new entity, it is worth mentioning that these recommendations are mainly based on expert recommendations and are subject to modification in view of new scientific evidence of higher quality.