Robotic surgery can be safely performed for patients and healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic.
2019-nCoV
SARS-CoV-2
coronavirus
infection
robotics
safety
Journal
The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
ISSN: 1478-596X
Titre abrégé: Int J Med Robot
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101250764
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Aug 2021
Aug 2021
Historique:
revised:
22
05
2021
received:
23
03
2021
accepted:
27
05
2021
pubmed:
30
5
2021
medline:
21
7
2021
entrez:
29
5
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
To investigate the safety of robotic surgery during COVID-19 pandemic concerning new-acquired COVID-19 infections for patients and healthcare workers. We performed a retrospective single-centre cohort study of patients undergoing robotic surgery in initial period of COVID-19 pandemic. Patients and healthcare workers COVID-19 infection status was assessed by structured telephone follow-up and/or repeated nasopharyngeal swabs. After 61 robotic surgeries (93,5% cancer surgery), one patient (1.6%) had COVID-19 infection. Sixty healthcare workers cumulatively exposed to 1187 h of robotic surgery had no infection. One patient with postoperative proof of SARS-CoV-2 had complete recovery. After this potentially contagious robotic surgery, eight healthcare workers had no COVID-19 infection after follow-up with each three nasopharyngeal swabs. Early clinical experience of robotic surgery during COVID-19 pandemic shows that robotic surgery can be safely performed for patients and healthcare workers. Despite our results we recommend elective surgery only for verified COVID-19 negative patients.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34050598
doi: 10.1002/rcs.2291
pmc: PMC8209902
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e2291Informations de copyright
© 2021 The Authors. The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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