Title: Resuming Elective Orthopaedic Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Guidelines Developed by the International Consensus Group (ICM)
Publisher: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
Publication Date: May 2020 (In-press Article)
Key Takeaway: Practical guidelines developed by an International Consensus Group, consisting of 77 expert physicians in Orthopedics, Infectious Disease, Microbiology/Virology, and Anesthesia, providing recommendations regarding when elective orthopedic surgery can be resumed and related issues in setting of pandemic.
Title: Joint Statement: Roadmap for Resuming Elective Surgery after COVID-19 Pandemic
Publisher: American Society of Anesthesiologists
Publication: April 17, 2020
Key Takeaway:
Title: Surgery in COVID-19 Patients: Operational Directives
Publication: World Journal of Emergency Surgery, April 7, 2020
URL: https://wjes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13017-020-00307-2
URL: https://www.journalacs.org/article/S1072-7515(20)30317-3/pdf
Key Takeaway: This manuscript describes a scoring system that considers factors (resource limitations, COVID-19 transmission risk to providers and patients) when making decisions to proceed with
Medically-Necessary Time-Sensitive (MeNTS) surgical procedures.
Surgery in COVID-19 patients: operational directives [Commentary]
Peri-Operative Nursing COVID-19 Resource Guide
Experience of Diagnosing and Managing Patients in Oral Maxillofacial Surgery during the Prevention and Control Period of the New Coronavirus Pneumonia
Laproscopy & Endoscopy Recommendations Regarding Surgical Response to COVID-19 Crisis
ACS Workforce Protection
https://www.facs.org/covid-19/newsletter/032720/clinical-guidance
American College of Surgeons Guidelines, “COVID 19 and Surgery” American College of Surgeons clinical and workforce protection guidelines published March 27, 2020.