Abstract :
The World Health Organization (WHO) has subsequently designated this ongoing disease as Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). One month later, the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic. The rapid global spread of viral infections and diseases led to the introduction of broad containment and reduction strategies in affected countries worldwide. Since the early phase of the pandemic, operating rooms have been converted into additional ICUs to support critically ill patients, and non-urgent and non-cancerous surgical procedures have been cancelled or postponed to a later date. The impact of COVID-19 on surgical practice is widespread, ranging from labor and staff issues, procedure priorities, the risk of intraoperative virus transmission and the impact on surgical education. The impact on surgical practice includes the use of surgical facilities, redeploying staff, staff preparation, national referral procedure and preoperative phase. The impact of COVID-19 on surgeons' daily practice and surgeon education is enormous. The cancellation of elective and non-urgent surgeries has allowed surgeons to become an important staff resource for the health system to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Surgeons are considering safe, non-surgical alternative options for treating their patients during COVID-19.
Keyword :
COVID-19, Surgery, Policy, Impact, Emergency surgery.