Planning the Full Recovery Phase: An Antifragile Perspective on Surgery After COVID-19

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinic, Diagnostic and Pediatric Science, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
² IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, General Surgery, Pavia, Italy.
³ Lincoln International Business School, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK.
⁴ Department of Surgery and Transplantation, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁵ Department of Management, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Venice, Italy.
⁶ Department of Surgery and MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

Lorenzo Cobianchi et al. Ann Surg. 2020 Dec.

. 2020 Dec;272(6):e296-e299.

doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004489.

¹ Department of Clinic, Diagnostic and Pediatric Science, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
² IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, General Surgery, Pavia, Italy.
³ Lincoln International Business School, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK.
⁴ Department of Surgery and Transplantation, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁵ Department of Management, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Venice, Italy.
⁶ Department of Surgery and MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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