Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Euclid Avenue, Desk M61, Cleveland, OH.
Firoozgar General Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ann Surg. 2020 Jul;272(1):e27-e29. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003925.
: 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.
关于 2019 年冠状病毒病(COVID-19)全球危机初期的外科手术实践知之甚少。这是伊朗德黑兰 2020 年 2 月 COVID-19 爆发的最初几周内 4 例外科患者(胆囊切除术、疝修补术、胃旁路术和子宫切除术)发生围手术期并发症的回顾性病例系列研究。COVID-19 可能使诊断变得困难,并具有很高的致死率,从而使围手术期过程复杂化。在感染广泛且资源有限的地区,对索引患者和社区进行择期手术的风险可能大于获益。