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Management Considerations for the Surgical Treatment of Colorectal Cancer During the Global Covid-19 Pandemic
5 May, 2020
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... -
Virtual Surgical Training During COVID-19: Operating Room Simulation Platforms Accessible from Home
30 Apr, 2020
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... -
Changing the Paradigm of Surgical Research during a Pandemic
28 Apr, 2020
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... -
In Situ Simulation Enables Operating Room Agility in the COVID-19 Pandemic
28 Apr, 2020
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... -
Maintaining Trauma Care Access During the COVID-19 Pandemic: an urban, Level-1 trauma center’s experience
28 Apr, 2020
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”... -
Prehabilitation telemedicine in neoadjuvant surgical oncology patients during the Novel COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic
28 Apr, 2020
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... -
Operationalizing the Operating Room: Ensuring Appropriate Surgical Care in the Era of COVID-19
28 Apr, 2020
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... -
Gastrointestinal Complications in Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19
28 Apr, 2020
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... -
A combined approach to priorities of Surgical Oncology during the COVID-19 epidemic
28 Apr, 2020
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... -
Global Survey on Pancreatic Surgery during the COVID-19 Pandemic
28 Apr, 2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a pandemic of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) (SARS-CoV-2) on March 11, 2020.1 The rapid spread of COVID-19 infections heavily impacts health care sy... -
What should I do?
28 Apr, 2020This paper published in Annals of Surgery examines the conflicting obligations of a surgeon as he tries to decide whether to opt out of the care of Covid-19 patients. These obligations include duty...