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. 2020 Jul:79:56-57.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2020.05.047. Epub 2020 May 19.

An invited commentary on "Impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on surgical practice-part 1". Impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on surgical practice: Time to embrace telehealth in surgery

Laura N Purcell  1 , Anthony Charles  2
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An invited commentary on "Impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on surgical practice-part 1". Impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on surgical practice: Time to embrace telehealth in surgery

Laura N Purcell et al. Int J Surg. 2020 Jul.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Surgical care; Telehealth.

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