1. Acute cholecystitis during COVID-19 pandemic: a multisocietary position statement
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Roberto Luca Meniconi, Paolo Bianchi, Alessandro Puzziello, Mario Guerrieri, Federico Coccolini, Sara Federici, Irnerio Angelo Muttillo, Mauro Podda, Gianfranco Silecchia, Fabio Cesare Campanile, Wanda Petz, Alberto Sartori, Belinda De Simone, Salomone Di Saverio, Antonino Agrusa, M. Pisano, Massimo Carlini, Valerio Caracino, Piero Narilli, Andrea Mazzari, Carlo Bergamini, Giancarlo D'Ambrosio, Adelona Salaj, Marco E. Allaix, Elisa Cassinotti, Marco Milone, Fausto Catena, Gabriele Anania, Diego Cuccurullo, Alberto Arezzo, Emanuele Botteri, Salvatore Casarano, Ferdinando Agresta, Caterina Cicala, Giovanni Terrosu, Riccardo Brachet Contul, Alessandro M. Paganini, Campanile F.C., Podda M., Arezzo A., Botteri E., Sartori A., Guerrieri M., Cassinotti E., Muttillo I., Pisano M., Brachet Contul R., D'Ambrosio G., Cuccurullo D., Bergamini C., Allaix M.E., Caracino V., Petz W.L., Milone M., Silecchia G., Anania G., Agrusa A., Di Saverio S., Casarano S., Cicala C., Narilli P., Federici S., Carlini M., Paganini A., Bianchi P.P., Salaj A., Mazzari A., Meniconi R.L., Puzziello A., Terrosu G., De Simone B., Coccolini F., Catena F., Agresta F., Campanile, F. C., Podda, M., Arezzo, A., Botteri, E., Sartori, A., Guerrieri, M., Cassinotti, E., Muttillo, I., Pisano, M., Brachet Contul, R., D'Ambrosio, G., Cuccurullo, D., Bergamini, C., Allaix, M. E., Caracino, V., Petz, W. L., Milone, M., Silecchia, G., Anania, G., Agrusa, A., Di Saverio, S., Casarano, S., Cicala, C., Narilli, P., Federici, S., Carlini, M., Paganini, A., Bianchi, P. P., Salaj, A., Mazzari, A., Meniconi, R. L., Puzziello, A., Terrosu, G., De Simone, B., Coccolini, F., Catena, F., and Agresta, F.
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Following the spread of the infection from the new SARS-CoV2 coronavirus in March 2020, several surgical societies have released their recommendations to manage the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for the daily clinical practice. The recommendations on emergency surgery have fueled a debate among surgeons on an international level.We maintain that laparoscopic cholecystectomy remains the treatment of choice for acute cholecystitis, even in the COVID-19 era. Moreover, since laparoscopic cholecystectomy is not more likely to spread the COVID-19 infection than open cholecystectomy, it must be organized in such a way as to be carried out safely even in the present situation, to guarantee the patient with the best outcomes that minimally invasive surgery has shown to have.
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- 2020
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