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Review
. 2020 Apr 22;36(2):121-131.
doi: 10.5578/turkjsurg.4812. eCollection 2020 Jun.

Surgical management of digestive system cancers during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: review of general suggestions

Muhammet Kadri Çolakoğlu  1 , Volkan Öter  1 , Erdal Birol Bostancı  1 , Mehmet Mahir Özmen  2 , Kaya Sarıbeyoğlu  3
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Review

Surgical management of digestive system cancers during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: review of general suggestions

Muhammet Kadri Çolakoğlu et al. Turk J Surg. .

Abstract

Since December 2019, the world has been battling the COVID-19 pandemic, and health workers are at the forefront of the fight. Surgeons also fulfill their duty; however, elective cases had to be postponed in order to use resources appropriately in the fight against coronavirus. Although benign elective surgical procedures can be postponed to a distant time during this pandemic, surgical interventions for urgent and life-threatening situations are mandatory to perform but the main uncertainty among surgeons is about cancer patients. In this paper, we aimed to present a suggestion to the surgeon about how to manage digestive system cancers during pandemic in the light of the published articles and guidelines.

Keywords: COVID-19; cancer; coronavirus; digestive system; malign; pandemic.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: The author have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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