Internal Hernia in the Times of COVID-19: to Laparoscope or Not to Laparoscope?

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It almost feels like a dream. It is still hard to accept that this pandemic has crossed 400,000 cases at the time of writing this letter and by the time it reaches the editor, we would have unfortunately crossed half a million cases. The certainty of this statement is probably more disheartening than the statement itself. Medical fraternity across the world has launched into action as well as it can. Elective surgery has been deferred along with the non-urgent cancer cases. Even the cancer operations face a grim prognosis, firstly with the procedural-related mortality itself but more importantly, the added morbidity and mortality from the risk of contracting coronavirus. …