Should we be re-starting elective surgery?

J Simoes^{1

2}, A Bhangu^{1

3}; CovidSurg Collaborative

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¹ University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
² Department of Surgery, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Portugal.
³ Department of Colorectal Surgery, University Hospitals of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.

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J Simoes et al. Anaesthesia. 2020 Dec.

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. 2020 Dec;75(12):1563-1565.

doi: 10.1111/anae.15296. Epub 2020 Nov 6.

J Simoes^{1

2}, A Bhangu^{1

3}; CovidSurg Collaborative

¹ University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
² Department of Surgery, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Portugal.
³ Department of Colorectal Surgery, University Hospitals of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.

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Peri-operative COVID-19 infection in urgent elective surgery during a pandemic surge period: a retrospective observational cohort study.
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