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01-06-2020 | COVID-19 | Letter to the Editor

Feasibility of enhanced recovery after surgery program in colorectal surgery during COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: should we change something?

Authors: Felice Borghi, Luca Pellegrino, Vincenzo Pruiti, Danilo Donati, Giorgio Giraudo

Published in: Updates in Surgery | Issue 2/2020

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spreading has created unprecedented challenges for healthcare systems. Non-urgent and non-cancerous procedures have been cancelled to permit reallocation of nurses and anesthesiologists, operating theatres were partially converted into intensive care unit beds and, consequently, a delay in the management of oncological patients was recorded. International recommendations propose pre-hospitalization swab testing, restriction of visitors, physical distance, adoption of measures to decrease hospital stay, postponement elective surgical and endoscopic cases, and evaluation of correct indications for minimally invasive approach.[1]. …

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Title: Feasibility of enhanced recovery after surgery program in colorectal surgery during COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: should we change something?
Authors: Felice Borghi
Luca Pellegrino
Vincenzo Pruiti
Danilo Donati
Giorgio Giraudo
Publication date: 01-06-2020
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keyword: COVID-19
Published in: Updates in Surgery / Issue 2/2020
Print ISSN: 2038-131X
Electronic ISSN: 2038-3312
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13304-020-00827-1

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