Bolstering the surgical response to COVID‐19: how virtual technology will save lives and safeguard surgical practice

Multi‐disciplinary teams are facing seemingly unimaginable decisions with regard to the provision of care for oncology and transplant patients. [...]the risk of COVID‐19 to surgeons themselves further compounds the plight of an already over‐stretched health service and is likely to result in increas...

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Published in:BJU International 2020-06, Vol.125 (6), p.E18-E19
Main Authors: Karim, Jamila S., Hachach‐Haram, Nadine, Dasgupta, Prokar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Betacoronavirus
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Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
COVID-19
Covid‐19 in Urology
Elective Surgical Procedures
Humans
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
SARS-CoV-2
Telemedicine
Urologic Surgical Procedures
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Summary:Multi‐disciplinary teams are facing seemingly unimaginable decisions with regard to the provision of care for oncology and transplant patients. [...]the risk of COVID‐19 to surgeons themselves further compounds the plight of an already over‐stretched health service and is likely to result in increased clinician ‘burnout’. [...]surgeons on the frontline will be increasingly required to operate in unfamiliar environments and with new teams. The platform’s unique surgical library is an effective means of monitoring wound healing and can provide useful information prior to revision or ‘second‐look’ surgeries; particularly at a time when turnover of surgical teams is expected to be high as a result of self‐isolation and re‐deployment measures [2].
ISSN:1464-4096
1464-410X
DOI:10.1111/bju.15080