Light at the end of the tunnel: COVID-19 lockdown has not halted liver transplantation at a high volume center in Italy

Transpl Int. 2020 Dec;33(12):1845-1847. doi: 10.1111/tri.13764. Epub 2020 Oct 25.

Authors

Fabio Melandro¹, Davide Ghinolfi¹, Emanuele Balzano¹, Giovanni Tincani¹, Gabriele Catalano¹, Gianni Biancofiore^{2

3}, Adriano Peris⁴, Paolo De Simone^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, University of Pisa Medical School Hospital, Pisa, Italy.
² Intensive Care Unit, University of Pisa Medical School Hospital, Pisa, Italy.
³ Department of Surgical, Medical, Biochemical Pathology and Intensive Care, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
⁴ Tuscany Regional Authority for Donation and Transplantation (Organizzazione Toscana Trapianti, OTT).

PMID: 33034081
DOI: 10.1111/tri.13764

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / diagnosis
COVID-19 / prevention & control*
COVID-19 Testing
Health Services Accessibility / organization & administration
Health Services Accessibility / trends*
Hospital Bed Capacity / statistics & numerical data
Hospitals, High-Volume / trends*
Humans
Infection Control / methods
Infection Control / organization & administration
Intensive Care Units / organization & administration
Italy
Liver Transplantation / trends*