The Consequences of Delaying Elective Surgery: Surgical Perspective

Ann Surg. 2020 Aug;272(2):e79-e80. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003998.

Authors

Sue J Fu^{1

2}, Elizabeth L George^{2

3}, Paul M Maggio¹, Mary Hawn¹, Rahim Nazerali⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
² Center for Innovation to Implementation, Veteran Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA.
³ Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.

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MeSH terms

COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Elective Surgical Procedures / statistics & numerical data*
Female
General Surgery / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Male
Outcome Assessment, Health Care*
Pandemics / statistics & numerical data*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Risk Assessment
Survival Analysis
Time-to-Treatment*
United States
World Health Organization