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. 2021 Aug:68:102529.
doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2021.102529. Epub 2021 Jun 29.

Managing elective surgery without preoperative testing during COVID-19 pandemic - Correspondence

Petrovic Sabrina  1 , Miklavcic Martina  1 , Bitenc Marko  1 , Beovic Bojana  2
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Managing elective surgery without preoperative testing during COVID-19 pandemic - Correspondence

Petrovic Sabrina et al. Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2021 Aug.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; Elective surgery; Transmission.

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All Declarations of interest: none.

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