Achieving safe surgery after COVID-19 vaccination

Joshua G Kovoor^{1

2

3}, Jonathan Henry W Jacobsen², Joanna Duncan², Afua A Addo², David R Tivey^{1

2}, Wendy J Babidge^{1

2}, David Penn⁴, James Churchill⁵, Trevor G Collinson⁶, Jen Kok⁷, Shane Kelly⁸, Vicky H Lu^{9

10}, Vanessa S Beavis¹¹, Andrew D MacCormick^{12

13}, Brendon J Kearney¹⁴, Eric J Gowans^{1

3}, Peter J Hewett¹, Thomas J Hugh^{15

16}, Henry H Woo¹⁷, Robert T Padbury^{18

19}, David A Scott^{20

21}, Mark Frydenberg^{22

23}, Guy J Maddern^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ University of Adelaide, Discipline of Surgery, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
² Research, Audit and Academic Surgery, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
³ Basil Hetzel Institute for Translational Health Research, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
⁴ Launceston General Hospital, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
⁵ St George Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁶ General Surgeons Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
⁷ Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, New South Wales Health Pathology-Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁸ St John of God Healthcare, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
⁹ St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
¹⁰ Retina and Vitreous Centre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
¹¹ Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
¹² Department of Surgery, South Auckland Clinical School, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
¹³ Department of Surgery, Counties Manukau District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand.
¹⁴ Department of Haematology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
¹⁵ Northern Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
¹⁶ Surgical Education, Research and Training Institute, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
¹⁷ Sydney Adventist Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
¹⁸ Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
¹⁹ Division of Surgery and Perioperative Medicine, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
²⁰ Department of Anaesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
²¹ Department of Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
²² Department of Urology, Cabrini Institute, Cabrini Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
²³ Department of Surgery, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 35535005
PMCID: PMC9321689
DOI: 10.1111/ans.17654

Achieving safe surgery after COVID-19 vaccination

Joshua G Kovoor et al. ANZ J Surg. 2022 May.

. 2022 May;92(5):946-949.

doi: 10.1111/ans.17654.

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¹ University of Adelaide, Discipline of Surgery, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
² Research, Audit and Academic Surgery, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
³ Basil Hetzel Institute for Translational Health Research, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
⁴ Launceston General Hospital, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
⁵ St George Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁶ General Surgeons Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
⁷ Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, New South Wales Health Pathology-Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁸ St John of God Healthcare, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
⁹ St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
¹⁰ Retina and Vitreous Centre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
¹¹ Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
¹² Department of Surgery, South Auckland Clinical School, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
¹³ Department of Surgery, Counties Manukau District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand.
¹⁴ Department of Haematology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
¹⁵ Northern Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
¹⁶ Surgical Education, Research and Training Institute, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
¹⁷ Sydney Adventist Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
¹⁸ Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
¹⁹ Division of Surgery and Perioperative Medicine, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
²⁰ Department of Anaesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
²¹ Department of Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
²² Department of Urology, Cabrini Institute, Cabrini Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
²³ Department of Surgery, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 35535005
PMCID: PMC9321689
DOI: 10.1111/ans.17654

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