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Recommendations of the Brazilian College of Surgeons for laparoscopic surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic

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  • Rodrigo Felippe Ramos Professor e Médico da Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Cirurgia Geral e Especializada - Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Brasil; Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões, Diretor de Publicações - Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Brasil
    • Diego Laurentino Lima Research Fellow Montefiore Medical Center, Department of Surgery - New York - NY - Estados Unidos https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7383-1284
      • Dyego Sá Benevenuto Hospital Copa D’Or, Cirurgião - Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Brasil; Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões, Diretor de comunicação e Tecnologia da Informação - Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Brasil

        Keywords:

        Coronavirus, Laparoscopy, General Surgery

        Abstract

        During the current COVID-19 pandemic, the surgical community faces the possible risk of infection of health care professionals involved in the surgical procedure. This leaves to concerns and questions referred to the most adequate surgical approach at this moment. With the objective of guiding surgeons, and based in many different protocols published until now, the Brazilian College of surgeons brings recommendations about this subject. The aim of this technical note is, trough a compilaton of publications and recommendations from Scientific Societies of Surgery worldwide, to provide guidelines regarding laparoscopic access during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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        05/07/2020

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        Recommendations of the Brazilian College of Surgeons for laparoscopic surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic. (2020). In SciELO Preprints. https://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/preprint/view/379

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        Copyright (c) 2020 Rodrigo Felippe Ramos, Diego Laurentino Lima, Dyego Sá Benevenuto

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