Effects of Surgical Delay Due to COVID-19 on Women Requiring Emergency Gynaecological Surgery

In response to the coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic, the McGill University Health Centre introduced protocols to protect health care workers during emergency surgeries. These included waiting for a COVID-19 test result or waiting 20 minutes after aerosol-inducing procedures before proceeding with...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Gangbe, Ella, Cai, Emmy, Penta, Ruxandra, Mansour, Fady Williamson, Krishnamurthy, Srinivasan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada/La Société des obstétriciens et gynécologues du Canada. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2021
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Brief Communication • BrÈves
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8241237/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34153537
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jogc.2021.05.016
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Sumario:In response to the coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic, the McGill University Health Centre introduced protocols to protect health care workers during emergency surgeries. These included waiting for a COVID-19 test result or waiting 20 minutes after aerosol-inducing procedures before proceeding with surgery. The following brief communication describes the impact of surgical delay on the outcomes of 3 emergency gynaecologic procedures: dilatation and curettage, laparoscopic salpingectomy, and laparoscopic cystectomy and detorsion. Our results show that delays associated with COVID-19 protocols did not negatively impact patients undergoing these surgeries.

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