In order to focus local resources on managing the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, “elective” surgery has been largely postponed and stopped. As the COVID-19 rates have already reached thei...

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Surgeon General and many medical specialties such as the American College of Surgeons and th...

Surgical practice guidelines for colorectal cancer must be modified for the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic as well as potential future outbreaks. Data to support delays in surgical care are li...

Amidst the COVID-19 public health crisis, that has infected more than one million people in over 180 countries, the educational needs of surgical trainees should not be neglected. Promoting rem...

The rapidly evolving and progressing nature of the present COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted several critical limitations in the traditional model of surgical research; namely, the inability to...

Introduction

As COVID-19 infections soar worldwide, surgical teams must quickly adapt to care for the COVID-19-positive patient in the operating room (OR). This challenge comes in the fa...

Amidst the SARS-CoV-2 or “COVID-19” pandemic, the need for trauma care remains a critical public health responsibility. Anticipating augmentation of social determinants of violence, “end stage”...

In the setting of the novel COVID-19 pandemic, prehabilitation may support cancer patients who are receiving neoadjuvant therapy prior to anticipated surgery. Recommended “social distancing” am...

Abstract

Over the past decade, most academic medical centers have experienced increasing demands for surgical services. In many instances, lack of capacity in the operating rooms has res...

Extra-pulmonary disease has been observed in patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). In this publication, the gastrointestinal (GI) complications of patients with severe COVID-19 adm...

The number of people infected with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has exponentially increased worldwide1 and Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is officially a pa...

The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published a Clinical update about how to manage respiratory distresses that Covid-19 patients can suffer. They provide information about h...