Operating During the COVID-19 Pandemic : An Emerging Indication for Minilaparotomy Cholecystectomy

Copyright © 2020, Milne et al..

COVID-19 has required changes in the practice of surgery to reduce the risk of transmission of the virus. Proposed mitigation strategies include avoidance of aerosol-generating procedures such as laparoscopy. We report two cases where minilaparotomy cholecystectomy was employed to treat benign biliary disease during the pandemic. A review of the literature supports the use of this surgical technique during the COVID-19 pandemic until laparoscopy can be proven to be safe.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Cureus - 12(2020), 11 vom: 16. Nov., Seite e11500

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Milne, David M [VerfasserIn]
Jarvis, Johnathan K [VerfasserIn]
Franklin, Rensi E [VerfasserIn]
Thomas, Dexter [VerfasserIn]
Naraynsingh, Vijay [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Case Reports
Cholecystectomy
Covid-19
Minilaparotomy
Pandemic

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Date Revised 23.12.2020

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.7759/cureus.11500

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM319188914