Minimal Access Gardening: Laparoscopic Techniques during Coronavirus Disease Lockdown.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To demonstrate techniques of laparoscopic surgery while all elective procedures are suspended.

Design

Stepwise demonstration of key skills required when gardening with minimal access techniques.

Setting

Gynecologist residence in self-isolation, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Interventions

Owing to the coronavirus disease pandemic, elective operations are currently suspended in the United Kingdom. In addition, there have been concerns regarding the safety of laparoscopic surgery and risk of transmission of the coronavirus disease [1,2]. As a result, laparoscopic surgeons are at risk of skill deterioration, and it is uncertain whether this may have an impact on patient safety when lockdown measures are de-escalated.Combining gardening, one of the major pas

SUBMITTER: Ma K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7229468 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature