Minimally Invasive Surgery and the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak: Lessons Learned in China and Italy

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 272, Issue 1, 2020, Pages E5-E6

  Zheng, Min Hua ^a   Boni, Luigi ^b,c   Fingerhut, Abe ^a  

^a SHANGHAI SECOND MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETACORONAVIRUS; CHINA; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ITALY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PANDEMIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

BETACORONAVIRUS; CHINA; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; ITALY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL;

EID: 85082468884     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003924     Document Type: Editorial

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