Surgical management of digestive system cancers during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: Review of general suggestions
Turkish Journal of Surgery, cilt.36, sa.2, ss.121-131, 2020 (ESCI, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
- Cilt numarası: 36 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2020
- Doi Numarası: 10.5578/turkjsurg.4812
- Dergi Adı: Turkish Journal of Surgery
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.121-131
- Anahtar Kelimeler: COVID-19, coronavirus, pandemic, digestive system, cancer, malign
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Since December 2019, the world has been battling the COVID-19 pandemic, and health workers are at the forefront of the fight. Surgeons also fulfill their duty; however, elective cases had to be postponed in order to use resources appropriately in the fight against coronavirus. Although benign elective surgical procedures can be postponed to a distant time during this pandemic, surgical interventions for urgent and life-threatening situations are mandatory to perform but the main uncertainty among surgeons is about cancer patients. In this paper, we aimed to present a suggestion to the surgeon about how to manage digestive system cancers during pandemic in the light of the published articles and guidelines.