The Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the Practice of Hand Surgery in Singapore

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is rapidly evolving. Tan Tock Seng Hospital and the National Centre for Infectious Disease see the majority of confirmed and suspected cases in Singapore. This article describes the impact of COVID-19 on the practice of hand and reconstructive microsu...

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Autores principales: Hwee, Jolie, Chiew, Jean, Sechachalam, Sreedharan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: by the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7188642/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32387156
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhsa.2020.04.023
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Sumario:The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is rapidly evolving. Tan Tock Seng Hospital and the National Centre for Infectious Disease see the majority of confirmed and suspected cases in Singapore. This article describes the impact of COVID-19 on the practice of hand and reconstructive microsurgery (HRM) in our institution. It details our department’s response as the situation escalated and the impact on the HRM elective and emergency workload, including the use of personal protective equipment on the surgical practice of HRM, as well as the effects of the condition on social and academic life.

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