How the COVID-19 pandemic changed the Plastic Surgery activity in a regional referral center in Northern Italy.
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg
; 73(7): 1348-1356, 2020 07.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-537928
ABSTRACT
The Covid 19 epidemic has modified the way that plastic surgeons can treat their patients. At our hospital all elective surgery was canceled and only the more severe cases were admitted. The outpatient department activity has been reduced also. We present the number and diagnoses of patients, treated as in- and out-patients, during seven weeks from the onset of the epidemic, comparing our activity from the lockdown of elective surgery with the numbers and diagnoses observed during the same weeks of last year. Finally we underline the importance of using telemedicine and web-based tools to transmit images of lesions that need the surgeon's evaluation, and can be used by the patient to keep in touch with a doctor during the distressing time of delay of the expected procedure.
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Infection Control
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Coronavirus Infections
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Plastic Surgery Procedures
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Pandemics
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Tertiary Care Centers
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Betacoronavirus
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Health Services Accessibility
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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