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Comment
. 2020 Dec:84:1-2.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2020.10.001. Epub 2020 Oct 8.

The lessons to learn with regards to hospital admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic, a commentary on "acute care surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain: Changes in volume, causes and complications. A multicentre retrospective cohort study"

Keval Dhanji Dungar  1 , Kirstin Louise Sooriah  2
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The lessons to learn with regards to hospital admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic, a commentary on "acute care surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain: Changes in volume, causes and complications. A multicentre retrospective cohort study"

Keval Dhanji Dungar et al. Int J Surg. 2020 Dec.
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Keywords: Acute cholecystitis; Acute surgery; COVID-19; Cancer; Elective surgery; Hospital admissions.

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