Background The worldwide spread of a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has led to a
near total stop of non-urgent, elective surgeries across all specialties in most affected …

Background A novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was first reported in December 2019
in China and was soon declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Many …

Abstract Background In March, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a
pandemic. The absence of previous knowledge of COVID-19 has made decision-making …

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic led to a drastic decline in
the number of elective surgeries performed in the United States. Many national societies and …

Nowadays didactic and surgical activities for residents in the surgery field are less and less
due to an increasing burden of documentation and “non-educational work.” Considering the …

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 …

2019 (COVID-19) in the past 4 months, but still much remains unknown. Severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is well characterized but how widely it …

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak started in Wuhan, China, in December 2019,
and evolved into a global problem in a short period. The pandemic has led to many social …

Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)–associated
viral infection (coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19) is a virulent, contagious viral pandemic …

Background The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has escalated rapidly to a global …