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01-09-2020 | COVID-19 | Letter to the Editor

Hazardous Postoperative Outcomes of Unexpected COVID-19 Infected Patients: A Call for Global Consideration of Sampling All Asymptomatic Patients Before Surgical Treatment

Authors: Gauri Raman Gangakhedkar, Sridhar Sundaram, Mihir Raman Gangakhedkar, Manali Prakash Shilotri

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 9/2020

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We read with great interest the scientific review by Nahshon et al., titled ‘Hazardous Postoperative Outcomes of Unexpected COVID-19 Infected Patients: A Call for Global Consideration of Sampling all Asymptomatic Patients Before Surgical Treatment’ [1]. Universal testing for patients undergoing surgery promises to weed out those who slip through the diagnostic criteria in the pre-operative period. It would further allow the physicians to strike a balance between the urgency of surgery, allowing recover by deferring surgery, thus reducing mortality. …

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Title: Hazardous Postoperative Outcomes of Unexpected COVID-19 Infected Patients: A Call for Global Consideration of Sampling All Asymptomatic Patients Before Surgical Treatment
Authors: Gauri Raman Gangakhedkar
Sridhar Sundaram
Mihir Raman Gangakhedkar
Manali Prakash Shilotri
Publication date: 01-09-2020
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keyword: COVID-19
Published in: World Journal of Surgery / Issue 9/2020
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-020-05659-z

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