Resumption of elective surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: what lessons can we apply?

Michael T Olson¹, Tania Triantafyllou², Saurabh Singhal³

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¹ University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix Campus, Phoenix, AZ USA.
² Hippocration General Hospital of Athens, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
³ Department of GI Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India.

PMID: 32837512
PMCID: PMC7274057
DOI: 10.1007/s10353-020-00645-0

Resumption of elective surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: what lessons can we apply?

Michael T Olson et al. Eur Surg. 2020.

. 2020;52(4):190-192.

doi: 10.1007/s10353-020-00645-0. Epub 2020 Jun 5.

Authors

Michael T Olson¹, Tania Triantafyllou², Saurabh Singhal³

Affiliations

¹ University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix Campus, Phoenix, AZ USA.
² Hippocration General Hospital of Athens, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
³ Department of GI Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India.

PMID: 32837512
PMCID: PMC7274057
DOI: 10.1007/s10353-020-00645-0

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Conflict of interestM.T. Olson, T. Triantafyllou, and S. Singhal have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose.

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