COVID-19 pandemic: implications on the surgical treatment of gastrointestinal and hepatopancreatobiliary tumours in Europe

N F Nevermann; K H Hillebrandt; S Knitter; P V Ritschl; F Krenzien; C Benzing; M Bahra; M Biebl; I M Sauer; R Öllinger; W Schöning; M Schmelzle; J Pratschke; COVID-19 Surgical Oncology Collaboration Group

doi:10.1002/bjs.11751

COVID-19 pandemic: implications on the surgical treatment of gastrointestinal and hepatopancreatobiliary tumours in Europe

Br J Surg. 2020 Aug;107(9):e301-e302. doi: 10.1002/bjs.11751. Epub 2020 Jun 10.

Authors

N F Nevermann¹, K H Hillebrandt^{1

2}, S Knitter¹, P V Ritschl^{1

2}, F Krenzien^{1

2}, C Benzing¹, M Bahra¹, M Biebl¹, I M Sauer¹, R Öllinger¹, W Schöning¹, M Schmelzle¹, J Pratschke¹; COVID-19 Surgical Oncology Collaboration Group

Collaborators

COVID-19 Surgical Oncology Collaboration Group:
Mohammad Abu Hilal, Luca Aldrighetti, Roland Andersson, Vereczkei András, Andreas Andreou, İlker Murat Arer, Ali Emre Atıcı, Attila Szijártó, Ahmet Ayav, Hüseyin Onur Aydın, Detlev Bartsch, Andrea Belli, Claude Bertrand, Maximilian Bockhorn, Martin Bolli, Zdrinko Brekalo, Christiane Bruns, Ruben Ciria, Ahmet Coker, Roland Croner, Andre d'Hoore, Nicolas Demartines, Ekin Demir, Arvin Dibra, Osman Nuri Dilek, Ahmet Dogrul, Mikhail Efanov, Ela Ekmekcigil, Sefa Ergün, Marco Farsi, Stefan Fichtner-Feigl, Åsmund Fretland, Helmut Friess, Geerard Beets, Beat Gloor, Ines Gockel, Ali Kağan Gökakın, Concepción Gomez I Gavara, Stephan Gretschel, Christina Hackl, Andreas Hecker, Stefan Heinrich, Tobias Huber, Cem Ibis, Jakob R Izbicki, Christoph Kahlert, Carsten Kamphues, Selin Kapan, Geert Kazemier, Joerg Kleeff, Christian Klink, Wolfram Knoefel, Maciej Kosieradzki, Rainer Kube, Stefan Löb, Lars Maagaard Andersen, Hanno Matthaei, Jens Mittler, Mehmet Haluk Morgul, David Moszkowicz, Nermin Musanovic, Felix Nickel, Magnus Nilsson, Dietmar Öfner, Taner Oruğ, Andreas Pascher, Patrick Pessaux, Michail Radionov, Michael Raraty, Christoph Reissfelder, Rami Rhaiem, Fernando Rotellar, Fernando Rotellar, Miroslav Ryska, Santiago López-Ben, Kaya Saribeyoglu, Clemens Schafmayer, Moritz Schmelzle, Thomas Schmidt, Martin Schneider, Markus Schoenberg, Wenzel Schöning, Daniel Seehofer, Recep Erçin Sönmez, Olivier Soubrane, Daniel Stange, Benjamin Strücker, Amir Tursunovic, Acar Tüzüner, Florian Vondran, Georg Weber, Ulrich Wellner, Pinar Yazici, Cumhur Yeğen, Sinan Yol

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
² BIH Charité Clinician Scientist Program, Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.

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Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Biliary Tract Neoplasms / surgery*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Europe / epidemiology
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / surgery*
Humans
Liver Neoplasms / surgery*
Pancreatic Neoplasms / surgery*
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Referral and Consultation / statistics & numerical data
Surgical Oncology / statistics & numerical data
Surgical Procedures, Operative / statistics & numerical data
Surveys and Questionnaires