Is minor surgery safe during the COVID-19 pandemic? A multi-disciplinary study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To assess the risk of postoperative SARS-CoV-2 infection during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

The CONCEPTION study was a cohort, multidisciplinary study conducted at Conception University Hospital, in France, from March 17th to May 11th, 2020. Our study included all adult patients who underwent minor surgery in one of the seven surgical departments of our hospital: urology, digestive, plastic, gynecological, otolaryngology, gynecology or maxillofacial surgery. Preoperative self-isolation, clinical assessment using a standardized questionnaire, physical examination, nasopharyngeal RT-PCR and chest CT scan performed the day before surgery were part of our active prevention strategy. The main outcome was the occurrence of a SARS-CoV-2 infection within 21 days follow

SUBMITTER: Baboudjian M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8112651 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature