An invited commentary on “The Surgeon and the COVID-19 pandemic”

• This is an insightful perspective by surgeons in Italy and the USA on the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of surgeons. • Surgeons have been side-lined to supportive roles in this crisis and the focus has been on emergency and intensive care. • Re-establishment of Elective surgery will focus on dela...

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Autores principales: Choudhury, Ehsanul Karim, Wakefield, Simon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of IJS Publishing Group Ltd. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7236701/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32442693
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsu.2020.05.046
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Sumario:• This is an insightful perspective by surgeons in Italy and the USA on the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of surgeons. • Surgeons have been side-lined to supportive roles in this crisis and the focus has been on emergency and intensive care. • Re-establishment of Elective surgery will focus on delayed cancer patients, approaches will differ across the world. • Altered healthcare seeking behaviour has led to reduced emergency activity; there may be a later rebound surge in demand. • Trainees have had their training put on hold, many will inevitably require an extension to their training.

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