The Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the Practice of Hand Surgery in Singapore.

Hwee, Jolie; Chiew, Jean; Sechachalam, Sreedharan

Hwee, Jolie; Chiew, Jean; Sechachalam, Sreedharan.

Hwee J; Department of Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore. Electronic address: joliehwee@gmail.com.
Chiew J; Department of Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
Sechachalam S; Department of Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.

J Hand Surg Am ; 45(6): 536-541, 2020 06.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-141759

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is rapidly evolving. Tan Tock Seng Hospital and the National Centre for Infectious Disease see the majority of confirmed and suspected cases in Singapore. This article describes the impact of COVID-19 on the practice of hand and reconstructive microsurgery (HRM) in our institution. It details our department's response as the situation escalated and the impact on the HRM elective and emergency workload, including the use of personal protective equipment on the surgical practice of HRM, as well as the effects of the condition on social and academic life.

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Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology; Disease Transmission, Infectious/prevention & control; Elective Surgical Procedures/statistics & numerical data; Hand/surgery; Pandemics/statistics & numerical data; Plastic Surgery Procedures/methods; Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology; Betacoronavirus; COVID-19; Communicable Disease Control/methods; Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control; Elective Surgical Procedures/methods; Female; Humans; Male; Microsurgery/methods; Microsurgery/statistics & numerical data; Pandemics/prevention & control; Personal Protective Equipment/supply & distribution; Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control; Practice Patterns, Physicians'/statistics & numerical data; Plastic Surgery Procedures/statistics & numerical data; Risk Assessment; SARS-CoV-2; Singapore; Treatment Outcome

Keywords

COVID-19; Coronavirus; hand; microsurgery; surgery

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Elective Surgical Procedures / Coronavirus Infections / Disease Transmission, Infectious / Plastic Surgery Procedures / Pandemics / Hand Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: English Journal: J Hand Surg Am Year: 2020 Document Type: Article

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