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Case Reports
. 2020 Jun;90(6):1160-1161.
doi: 10.1111/ans.15962. Epub 2020 May 4.

Acute care surgery and post-operative COVID-19 pneumonia: a surgical and environmental challenge

Luca Lepre  1 , Gianluca Costa  2 , Vincenzo A Virno  1 , Giuseppe Dalsasso  1 , Rossella D Campa  1 , Federico Clavarino  1 , Niccolo Petrucciani  2
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Acute care surgery and post-operative COVID-19 pneumonia: a surgical and environmental challenge

Luca Lepre et al. ANZ J Surg. 2020 Jun.
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Figure 1
Abdominal computed tomography scan at admission showing intra‐abdominal fluid and suspicious of small bowel volvulus.
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Figure 2
Abdominal scan at post‐operative day 7, not showing any post‐operative complication.
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Figure 3
Thoracic computed tomography scan at post‐operative day 14 showing bilateral interstitial pneumonia.
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