Mitigating the risks of surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia. Electronic address: p.myles@alfred.org.au.
² Global Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

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Paul S Myles et al. Lancet. 2020.

. 2020 Jul 4;396(10243):2-3.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31256-3. Epub 2020 May 29.

¹ Department of Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia. Electronic address: p.myles@alfred.org.au.
² Global Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

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Mortality and pulmonary complications in patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international cohort study.
COVIDSurg Collaborative. COVIDSurg Collaborative. Lancet. 2020 Jul 4;396(10243):27-38. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31182-X. Epub 2020 May 29. Lancet. 2020. PMID: 32479829 Free PMC article.

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