Surgery Safety Protocol for Patients and Staff During the COVID-19 Global Pandemic – A Prospective Study of 78 Consecutive, Open and Laparoscopic Surgical Procedures

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Gianluca Matteo Sampietro Carlo Corbellini Caterina Baldi Salvatore Barberi Roberto Bollina Giuseppe De Angelis Giuseppe Giuliani Gianpiero Manes Barbara Omazzi Carla Pessina

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Gianluca Matteo Sampietro
Division of General Surgery, ASST Rhodense, Rho Memorial Hospital, Rho, Milano, Italy

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Background: To evaluate safety, for patients and staff, and efficacy of a protocol for the surgical treatment of patients during COVID-19 pandemic (50 days period) in a hospital located in the northern Italy. Methods: Two different pathways were adopted (non-COVID-19 and COVID-19), with dedicated OR and ICU, and PPE for personnel. A monitoring of patients and staff for COVID-19 was carried out. Results: 78 patients were included. Laparoscopy was used in 33.4% without gas filtration. COVID-19- positive patients (11.5%) were older men (0.04%), with elevated ASA score (0.002), and two or more comorbidities (0.02). They experienced longer hospitalization (0.003), more complications and more deaths (0.0001). All COVID-19 related deaths were due to severe acute respiratory syndrome. None of the patients included resulted infected, but one out of 47 staff personnel (<2%). Conclusion: COVID-19 is largely unknown, but a safe and effective surgical pathway is feasible.

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Publication history

Received: Tue 01, Dec 2020
Accepted: Tue 15, Dec 2020
Published: Thu 31, Dec 2020

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© 2023 Gianluca Matteo Sampietro. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.SCR.2020.12.28