Surgical Implications of Coronavirus Disease-19

Ander Dorken-Gallastegi; Dias Argandykov; Anthony Gebran; Haytham M A Kaafarani

doi:10.1016/j.gtc.2022.10.003

Surgical Implications of Coronavirus Disease-19

Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 2023 Mar;52(1):173-183. doi: 10.1016/j.gtc.2022.10.003. Epub 2022 Oct 7.

Authors

Ander Dorken-Gallastegi¹, Dias Argandykov¹, Anthony Gebran¹, Haytham M A Kaafarani²

Affiliations

¹ Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
² Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

Abstract

As the coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to evolve in 2022 with the surge of novel viral variants, it is important for physicians to understand and appreciate the surgical implications of the pandemic. This review provides an overview of the implications of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on surgical care and provides recommendations for perioperative management. Most observational studies suggest a higher risk for patients undergoing surgery with COVID-19 compared with risk-adjusted non-COVID-19 patients.

Keywords: Anesthesia; COVID; Operative; Risk; SARS-CoV-2; Surgery.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Humans
Pandemics
SARS-CoV-2