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Plastic Surgery and COVID-19 in the GCC: Fears, Lessons Learned, and the Plan for the Future

BACKGROUND: With the labeling of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a pandemic by the World Health Organization, national directives were issued instructing to close all cosmetic clinics, suspend all cosmetic procedures, and only operate on an emergency basis. As a result, many plastic surgeons...

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Autores principales: Al Saud, Nouf A., Alanazi, Shahad N., Alshomer, Feras M., Kattan, Abdullah E., Mrad, Mohamed A., Al Fardan, Zuhair, Alhumsi, Taghreed R.
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Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7544179/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33133991
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000003225
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author Al Saud, Nouf A.
Alanazi, Shahad N.
Alshomer, Feras M.
Kattan, Abdullah E.
Mrad, Mohamed A.
Al Fardan, Zuhair
Alhumsi, Taghreed R.
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Alanazi, Shahad N.
Alshomer, Feras M.
Kattan, Abdullah E.
Mrad, Mohamed A.
Al Fardan, Zuhair
Alhumsi, Taghreed R.
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description BACKGROUND: With the labeling of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a pandemic by the World Health Organization, national directives were issued instructing to close all cosmetic clinics, suspend all cosmetic procedures, and only operate on an emergency basis. As a result, many plastic surgeons faced challenges sustaining their practice. We aimed to investigate the effect of these national directive instructions on the surgeons and to review their strategies for adapting their practices during this new pandemic. METHODS: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted using an online questionnaire. It was constructed to assess the attitudes and practices of plastic surgeons in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries during the COVID-19 lockdown. It also explored their strategies on reopening their practice, as well as their plans on modifications of practice during and after the lockdown. RESULTS: In total, 197 surgeons responded to the survey. The majority were from Saudi Arabia (42.1%), followed by the United Arab Emirates (37.6%), with relatively smaller participation from the remaining countries. Over two-thirds (69.5%) indicated that the pandemic had affected their practice. Surgeons in private practices were significantly affected (P < 0.001) compared with those in the public sector. Only 39% of respondents mentioned COVID-19 testing as part of their post-pandemic surgical protocol. CONCLUSIONS: Surgeons’ responses to the pandemic varied. Fear and future uncertainty significantly led to a surge in the utilization of different technical means to maintain the patient pool. Surgeons’ education about post-pandemic precautions is essential to maintain high standards of care in the region.
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spelling pubmed-75441792020-10-29 Plastic Surgery and COVID-19 in the GCC: Fears, Lessons Learned, and the Plan for the Future Al Saud, Nouf A. Alanazi, Shahad N. Alshomer, Feras M. Kattan, Abdullah E. Mrad, Mohamed A. Al Fardan, Zuhair Alhumsi, Taghreed R. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open Plastic Surgery Focus BACKGROUND: With the labeling of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a pandemic by the World Health Organization, national directives were issued instructing to close all cosmetic clinics, suspend all cosmetic procedures, and only operate on an emergency basis. As a result, many plastic surgeons faced challenges sustaining their practice. We aimed to investigate the effect of these national directive instructions on the surgeons and to review their strategies for adapting their practices during this new pandemic. METHODS: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted using an online questionnaire. It was constructed to assess the attitudes and practices of plastic surgeons in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries during the COVID-19 lockdown. It also explored their strategies on reopening their practice, as well as their plans on modifications of practice during and after the lockdown. RESULTS: In total, 197 surgeons responded to the survey. The majority were from Saudi Arabia (42.1%), followed by the United Arab Emirates (37.6%), with relatively smaller participation from the remaining countries. Over two-thirds (69.5%) indicated that the pandemic had affected their practice. Surgeons in private practices were significantly affected (P < 0.001) compared with those in the public sector. Only 39% of respondents mentioned COVID-19 testing as part of their post-pandemic surgical protocol. CONCLUSIONS: Surgeons’ responses to the pandemic varied. Fear and future uncertainty significantly led to a surge in the utilization of different technical means to maintain the patient pool. Surgeons’ education about post-pandemic precautions is essential to maintain high standards of care in the region. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2020-09-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7544179/ /pubmed/33133991 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000003225 Text en Copyright © 2020 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal.
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Al Saud, Nouf A.
Alanazi, Shahad N.
Alshomer, Feras M.
Kattan, Abdullah E.
Mrad, Mohamed A.
Al Fardan, Zuhair
Alhumsi, Taghreed R.
Plastic Surgery and COVID-19 in the GCC: Fears, Lessons Learned, and the Plan for the Future
title Plastic Surgery and COVID-19 in the GCC: Fears, Lessons Learned, and the Plan for the Future
title_full Plastic Surgery and COVID-19 in the GCC: Fears, Lessons Learned, and the Plan for the Future
title_fullStr Plastic Surgery and COVID-19 in the GCC: Fears, Lessons Learned, and the Plan for the Future
title_full_unstemmed Plastic Surgery and COVID-19 in the GCC: Fears, Lessons Learned, and the Plan for the Future
title_short Plastic Surgery and COVID-19 in the GCC: Fears, Lessons Learned, and the Plan for the Future
title_sort plastic surgery and covid-19 in the gcc: fears, lessons learned, and the plan for the future
topic Plastic Surgery Focus
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7544179/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33133991
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000003225
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