High-Efficiency Same-Day Approach to Breast Reconstruction During the COVID-19 Crisis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

As our hospitals conserve and re-allocate resources during the COVID-19 crisis, there is urgent need to determine how best to continue caring for breast cancer patients. During the time window before the COVID-19 critical peak and particularly thereafter, as hospitals are able to resume cancer operations, we anticipate that there will be great need to maximize efficiency to treat breast cancer. The goal of this study is to present a same-day protocol that minimizes resource utilization to enable hospitals to increase inpatient capacity, while providing care for breast cancer patients undergoing mastectomy and immediate breast reconstruction during the COVID-19 crisis.

Methods

IRB exempt patient quality improvement initiative was conducted to detail the operationaliza

SUBMITTER: Specht M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7304917 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature