The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on oncological surgery.


Journal

Journal of surgical case reports
ISSN: 2042-8812
Titre abrégé: J Surg Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101560169

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
May 2020
Historique:
received: 29 04 2020
accepted: 19 05 2020
entrez: 30 5 2020
pubmed: 30 5 2020
medline: 30 5 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The COVID-19 global pandemic is changing the practice of oncologic surgery. Accustomed to fighting cancer with all available means, surgeons are now being asked to delay treatment or make use of alternate strategies to conserve resources. Telemedicine is being widely employed. We present our thoughts on this topic and where we might be in the next several months.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32467751
doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjaa157
pii: rjaa157
pmc: PMC7243827
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

rjaa157

Informations de copyright

Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2020.

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Auteurs

Sarah M Kling (SM)

Department of Surgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.

Matthew M Philp (MM)

Department of Surgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.

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