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. 2020 May;14(5):E159-E160.
doi: 10.5489/cuaj.6551. Epub 2020 May 4.

How to prioritize urological surgeries during epidemics: Lessons learned from the Toronto SARS outbreak in 2003

Roseanne Ferreira  1 , Melissa McGrath  1   2 , Yuding Wang  1 , Alp Sener  3 , D Robert Siemens  4 , Luis H Braga  1   2
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How to prioritize urological surgeries during epidemics: Lessons learned from the Toronto SARS outbreak in 2003

Roseanne Ferreira et al. Can Urol Assoc J. 2020 May.
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Competing interests: The authors report no competing personal or financial interests related to this work.

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Decision-making algorithm for rescheduling urology elective surgeries post-COVID-19 outbreak. ACC: adenocortical carcinoma; BCG: bacillus Calmette-Guérin; ILND: inguinal lymph node dissection; IVC: inferior vena cava; MIBC: muscle-invasive bladder cancer; MUS: mid-urethral sling; NACT: neoadjuvant chemotherapy; NMIBC: non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer; PCNL: percutaneous nephrolithotomy; RPLND: retroperitoneal lymph node dissection; TURBT: transurethral resection of bladder tumour; TURP: transurethral resection of the prostate; TVT: tension-free vaginal tape; TVT-O: tension-free vaginal obturator tape.
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