An International Group of Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgeons Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Am Surg. 2020 Jun;86(6):591-595. doi: 10.1177/0003134820924399.

Abstract

An informal workgroup of 9 hepatopancreaticobiliary (HPB) surgeons from 6 different countries on 4 continents shifted the focus of their quarterly tumor board discussions to their responses to the current COVID-19 pandemic. Just as they had discussing HPB cases, they share their experiences and ideas in dealing with the outbreak that faced their hospitals and communities. Their efforts to improve care proved that professionalism in surgery, like the global pandemic, has no boundaries.

Keywords: COVID; HPB surgeons; respinse.

Publication types

  • Personal Narrative

MeSH terms

  • Australia / epidemiology
  • Betacoronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • COVID-19 Testing
  • Clinical Laboratory Techniques
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Coronavirus Infections / therapy*
  • Coronavirus Infections / transmission
  • Critical Care
  • Elective Surgical Procedures
  • England / epidemiology
  • Gastroenterology
  • Humans
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient / prevention & control
  • Myanmar / epidemiology
  • Nepal / epidemiology
  • Pandemics*
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Physician's Role*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
  • Pneumonia, Viral / therapy*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / transmission
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Social Isolation
  • Sri Lanka / epidemiology
  • Surgeons*
  • Texas / epidemiology