Decision making and treatment options in endourology post-coronavirus disease 2019 - adapting to the future.
Curr Opin Urol
; 31(2): 109-114, 2021 03 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1956630
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE OF REVIEW To describe and critically discuss the most recent evidence regarding stone management during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and post-COVID-19 era. RECENT FINDINGS:
There is a need to plan for resuming the normal elective stone surgery in the post-COVID era, keeping a clear record of all surgeries that are being deferred and identifying subgroups of surgical priorities, for the de-escalation phase. Telehealth is very useful because it contributes to reduce virus dissemination guaranteeing at the same time an adequate response to patients' care needs. Once the pandemic is over, teleurology will continue to be utilized to offer cost-effective care to urological patients and it will be totally integrated in our clinical practice.SUMMARY:
This COVID-19 pandemic represents a real challenge for all national health providers on the one hand, every effort should be made to assist COVID patients, while on the other hand we must remember that all other diseases have not disappeared in the meanwhile and they will urgently need to be treated as soon as the pandemic is more under control. A correct prioritization of cases when surgical activity will progressively return back to normality is of paramount importance.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Urology
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Telemedicine
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Decision Making
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Curr Opin Urol
Journal subject:
Urology
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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