COVID-19 Outbreak and Surgical Practice
Ali Aminian, Saeed Safari, Abdolali Razeghian-Jahromi, Mohammad Ghorbani, Conor P. Delaney
Abstract
: Little is known about surgical practice in the initial phase of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global crisis. This is a retrospective case series of 4 surgical patients (cholecystectomy, hernia repair, gastric bypass, and hysterectomy) who developed perioperative complications in the first few weeks of COVID-19 outbreak in Tehran, Iran in the month of February 2020. COVID-19 can complicate the perioperative course with diagnostic challenge and a high potential fatality rate. In locations with widespread infections and limited resources, the risk of elective surgical procedures for index patient and community may outweigh the benefit.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineCase fatality ratePerioperativeOutbreakCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)CholecystectomyGeneral surgeryPneumoniaRetrospective cohort studySurgeryIntensive care medicineDiseaseEpidemiologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)Internal medicineVirologyCOVID-19 and healthcare impactsCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes