[HTML][HTML] Standardization of procedures to contain cost and reduce variability of care after the pandemic

F Raveglia, R Orlandi, A Rimessi, F Minervini… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has changed many aspects of our
private and professional routine. In particular, the lockdowns have severely affected the …

Elective surgeries during and after the COVID-19 pandemic: Case burden and physician shortage concerns

A Mehta, WA Awuah, JC Ng, M Kundu… - Annals of Medicine …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on several aspects of global healthcare
systems, particularly surgical services. New guidelines, resource scarcity, and an ever …

[HTML][HTML] Optimizing Surgical Care Amidst COVID-19: A Scoping Review of Practices and Policies

NAN Alzerwi, M Rayzah, AK Alnemare, AME Elkhalifa - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic significantly disrupted surgical
care worldwide, affecting different specialties in various ways. Lockdowns, surges in COVID …

[HTML][HTML] Surgery during a pandemic: guidelines

CS Brown, AM Cameron - Advances in surgery, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Guidelines Cole S. Brown a, Andrew M. Cameron, MD, PhD b,* aThe University of North
Carolina, 115 E Longview Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA; bDe-partment of Surgery …

The need to develop specialized surgical centers: the evidence that surgical diseases cannot wait

ML Silva-Rued, A Ramírez-Romero… - … Journal of Surgery, 2021 - journals.lww.com
The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates the deficiencies that exist around the world with
respect to specialized surgical care. Recently, a study was published where the authors …

Surgical infection Society guidance for restoration of surgical services during the coronavirus Disease-2019 pandemic

PS Barie, VP Ho, CJ Hunter, EJ Kaufman… - Surgical …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Background: As the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues globally,
high numbers of new infections are developing nationwide, particularly in the US Midwest …

Medically necessary, time-sensitive procedures: scoring system to ethically and efficiently manage resource scarcity and provider risk during the COVID-19 pandemic

VN Prachand, R Milner, P Angelos, MC Posner… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hospitals have severely curtailed the performance of nonurgent surgical procedures in
anticipation of the need to redeploy healthcare resources to meet the projected massive …

[HTML][HTML] Confronting the COVID-19 surgery crisis: time for transformational change

DR Urbach, D Martin - CMAJ, 2020 - Can Med Assoc
E586 CMAJ| MAY 25, 2020| VOLUME 192| ISSUE 21 are compounded by the stress of our
current public health crisis. Many believe that the existing processes for patient referrals …

Perioperative management of emergency and elective surgeries during the pandemic

S Boike, M Mir, H Olson, D Cole, I Rauf, S Surani… - Hospital …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The effects of the 2019 novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, and its associated pandemic are
complex and widespread. It has permeated all aspects of daily life around the world …

[HTML][HTML] Getting back to work: A framework and pivot plan to resume elective surgery and procedures after COVID-19

OK Serrano, R Orlando, P Papasavas, MH McClure… - Surgery Open …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has compelled a majority of hospital systems to
reduce surgical and procedural volumes in an attempt to preserve resources. Elective …