Spinal surgery and related management on patients with COVID-19: experience of a regional medical centre in Wuhan

During the pandemic of COVID-19, some patients with COVID-19 may need emergency surgeries. As spine surgeons, it is our responsibility to ensure appropriate treatment to the patients with COVID-19 and spinal diseases. A protocol for spinal surgery and related management on patients with COVID-19 has...

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Autores principales: Hua, Wenbin, Zhang, Yukun, Wu, Xinghuo, Gao, Yong, Yang, Cao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery 2020
Materias:
General Orthopaedics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7677093/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33225280
http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/2633-1462.15.BJO-2020-0020
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Sumario:During the pandemic of COVID-19, some patients with COVID-19 may need emergency surgeries. As spine surgeons, it is our responsibility to ensure appropriate treatment to the patients with COVID-19 and spinal diseases. A protocol for spinal surgery and related management on patients with COVID-19 has been reviewed. Patient preparation for emergency surgeries, indications, and contraindications of emergency surgeries, operating room preparation, infection control precautions and personal protective equipments (PPE), anesthesia management, intraoperative procedures, postoperative management, medical waste disposal, and surveillance of healthcare workers were reviewed. It should be safe for surgeons with PPE of protection level 2 to perform spinal surgeries on patients with COVID-19. Standardized and careful surgical procedures should be necessary to reduce the exposure to COVID-19.

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