Restarting Essential Surgery in the Era of COVID-19: A Cautious Data Driven Approach Based on the Literature and Local Data

Ann Surg. 2020 Sep 1;272(3):e208-e210. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004109.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.

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MeSH terms

COVID-19 / epidemiology*
COVID-19 / prevention & control*
COVID-19 / transmission
Elective Surgical Procedures*
Humans
Infection Control / organization & administration*
Patient Selection