Department of Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Mini Review
Cardiac Surgery during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Author(s): Adrian Lobontiu*
There is a dearth of information regarding surgical services and patient outcomes during a pandemic because the major focus is kept on the
pandemic itself and critical care. The majority of the small studies focusing on the outcomes of Covid-19 positive patients after various surgical
procedures, such as thoracic and orthopaedic surgery, make up the currently available Covid-19 evidence. According to these preliminary investigations,
surgery increases the chance of death in people who have Covid-19 and the disease's progression in those who are only incubating it.
More recently, the COVIDSurg partnership has reported on 1128 surgical patients with a Covid-19 diagnosis (pre- or post-surgery) across 235
hospitals in 24 countries with a variety of therapeutic indications... Read More»
DOI:
10.37421/1584-9341.2022.18.66
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