Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel.
Rappaport Faculty of Medicine Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 Aug;17(8):444-446. doi: 10.1038/s41575-020-0312-x.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is affecting and changing the daily practice of gastrointestinal endoscopy worldwide. To protect patients and endoscopy unit personnel, endoscopy units have had to postpone a large proportion of endoscopic procedures. These delays might have an effect on the screening for and surveillance of digestive cancers.
2019 年冠状病毒病(COVID-19)大流行正在影响和改变全球胃肠内镜的日常实践。为了保护患者和内镜科室人员,内镜科室不得不推迟很大一部分内镜检查。这些延迟可能会对消化系统癌症的筛查和监测产生影响。