1. Surgical challenges during pandemic period.
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Sima, Romina-Marina, Stănescu, Anca-Daniela, Gorecki, Gabriel-Petre, Pomană, Diana-Cristina, and Pleș, Liana
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MEDICAL personnel , *PANDEMICS , *MEDICAL databases , *VIRAL transmission , *COVID-19 pandemic - Abstract
Introduction. COVID-19 pandemic is caused by SARS-CoV-2 and it has an important but often overlooked impact on surgical current activity. The reports about its implications in obstetrical and gynecological surgical side are accumulating. The purpose of our study was to reveal the surgical challenges during pandemic period. Methodology. We reviewed the main medical databases, such as PubMed, Medline and Web of Science, searching for publications about SARS-CoV-2 in surgery and we focused on reports about the challenges that medical staff had to endure during patients’ care. Results. Our research revealed more than 4500 publications about SARS-CoV-2 and medical staff. At onset, there was a lack of information. The virus spread so fast, and the medical professional providers had different challenges. At the beginning, everybody was discussing about the way of transmission among individuals. The deficit of equipment was a major reason of concern. The instructions of using correctly the PPE were contradictory. All the medical staff was stressed, and they must face more stressed patients with different pathologies. In time, the reasons of concern changed so that that surgical procedures can be performed in safety conditions for both surgeon and patient. The characteristic of each pandemic wave raised peculiar discussions. Conclusions. COVID-19 in gynecologic operating room represents a challenge because the physician has to perform usual surgical steps in special conditions. The literature experience and the personal one in COVID-19 hospital represent the subject of this report. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022