Protecting surgical teams during the COVID-19 outbreak: a narrative review and clinical considerations

GA Brat, S Hersey, K Chhabra, A Gupta… - Annals of surgery, 2023 - journals.lww.com
2019 (COVID-19), has caused a global pandemic that may infect millions in the United
States alone. Given the baseline rate of emergency operations in the United States, 1 …

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 …

Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on general surgical emergencies: are some emergencies really urgent? Level 1 trauma center experience

A Surek, S Ferahman, E Gemici, AC Dural… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose The aim of this paper is to investigate the effect of COVID-19 pandemic on general
surgical emergencies as well as analyzing the effectiveness of measures taken in reducing …

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency adult surgical patients and surgical services: an international multi-center cohort study and department survey

JW Beatty, JM Clarke, V Sounderajah… - Annals of …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: The PREDICT study aimed to determine how the COVID-19 pandemic affected
surgical services and surgical patients and to identify predictors of outcomes in this cohort …

Is perioperative COVID-19 really associated with worse surgical outcomes? A nationwide COVIDSurg propensity-matched analysis

D Argandykov, A Dorken-Gallastegi… - Journal of Trauma …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND Patients undergoing surgery with perioperative COVID-19 are suggested to
have worse outcomes, but whether this is COVID-related or due to selection bias remains …

Surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: a comprehensive overview and perioperative care

M Al-Balas, HI Al-Balas, H Al-Balas - The American Journal of Surgery, 2020 - Elsevier
In late December 2019, outbreak pneumonia of unknown cause occurred in Wuhan, Hubei
Province, China. 1 The underlying causative agent of this pneumonia was identified as a …

Orthopaedic surgery after COVID-19–a blueprint for resuming elective surgery after a pandemic

BTK Ding, KG Tan, JYL Oh, KT Lee - International Journal of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Background The COVID-19 outbreak was fraught with danger and despair as many
medically necessary surgeries were cancelled to preserve precious healthcare resources …

Review of COVID-19 outcomes in surgical patients

H Aziz, A Filkins, YK Kwon - The American Surgeon, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
COVID-19 emerged as a viral pandemic in the year 2019. The practice and scope of surgery
and medicine transformed radicially as the virus spread across the world. There is an urgent …

Trauma care during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands: a level 1 trauma multicenter cohort study

NAG Hakkenbrak, SAI Loggers, E Lubbers… - Scandinavian journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has caused major healthcare
challenges worldwide resulting in an exponential increase in the need for hospital-and …

Surgical response to COVID-19 pandemic: a Singapore perspective

S Ahmed, WLG Tan, YL Chong - Journal of the American College …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread rapidly and overwhelm health systems around
the world. Tan Tock Seng Hospital was the epicenter in the coordination and management …