Maintaining safe elective surgical activity during the global coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID‐19) pandemic is challenging and it is not clear how COVID‐19 may impact peri …

Objective: To evaluate the perioperative morbidity and mortality of patients with COVID-19
who undergo urgent and emergent surgery. Summary Background Data: Although COVID …

Objective: To determine the risk of acquiring perioperative COVID-19 infection in previously
COVID-19 negative patients. Summary of Background Data: During the initial peak of the …

Background Data on postoperative outcomes of the COVID-19 patient population is limited.
We described COVID-19 patients who underwent a surgery and the pandemic impact on …

Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic has led to a halt in
elective surgeries throughout the United States and many other countries throughout the …

Background Current literature describing the riskiness of operating on actively infected
COVID‐19 patients far outnumbers that on the risk of operating on recovered patients. The …

Abstract Background In December 2019, a novel coronavirus was identified as the cause of
many pneumonia cases in China and eventually declared as a pandemic as the virus …

Background Surgical procedures performed on patients with recent exposure to COVID-19
infection have been associated with increased mortality risk in previous studies. Accordingly …

Objective: Determine mid-term postoperative outcomes among coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19)-positive (+) patients compared with those who never tested positive before …

Objective: To determine how the severity of prior history (Hx) of severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection influences postoperative outcomes after …