Mitigation of COVID-19 transmission in endoscopic and surgical aerosol-generating procedures: a narrative review of early-pandemic literature

Hong Kong Med J. 2023 Jun;29(3):247-255. doi: 10.12809/hkmj209089. Epub 2023 May 23.

V W S Chan¹, L Rahman¹, H H L Ng¹, K P Tang², A Mok², A Tang¹, J P H Liu², K S C Ho², S M Chan³, S Wong⁴, A Y B Teoh³, A Chan⁵, M C S Wong^{6

7}, Y Yuan⁸, J Y C Teoh⁹

¹ School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.
² Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
³ Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
⁴ Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
⁵ Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China.
⁶ The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
⁷ Centre for Health Education and Health Promotion, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
⁸ Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
⁹ SH Ho Urology Centre, Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.

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Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus; Endoscopy; General surgery.

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