A commentary on "Impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on surgical practice - Part 1″

Affiliations

¹ GKT School of Medical Education, Kings College London, Great Maze Pond, London SE1 1UL, United Kingdom.
² GKT School of Medical Education, Kings College London, Great Maze Pond, London SE1 1UL, United Kingdom. Electronic address: youssef.chedid@kcl.ac.uk.
³ Leicester Medical School, George Davies Centre, Lancaster Road, Leicester LE1 7HA, United Kingdom.

Comment

Jubilent Amalendran et al. Int J Surg. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct:82:200-201.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2020.08.031. Epub 2020 Aug 28.

¹ GKT School of Medical Education, Kings College London, Great Maze Pond, London SE1 1UL, United Kingdom.
² GKT School of Medical Education, Kings College London, Great Maze Pond, London SE1 1UL, United Kingdom. Electronic address: youssef.chedid@kcl.ac.uk.
³ Leicester Medical School, George Davies Centre, Lancaster Road, Leicester LE1 7HA, United Kingdom.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus; Global surgery; Remote surgery; Robotic-assisted surgery; Telesurgery.

Conflict of interest statement

None to declare.

Impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on surgical practice - Part 1.
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