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World J Clin Cases. Nov 6, 2020; 8(21): 5361-5370
Published online Nov 6, 2020. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i21.5361
Published online Nov 6, 2020. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i21.5361
Emergency surgical workflow and experience of suspected cases of COVID-19: A case report
Di Wu, Tian-Yu Xie, Xue-Hong Sun, Xin-Xin Wang, Department of General Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
Tian-Yu Xie, School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
Xue-Hong Sun, Department of Surgery, Jiaocheng Medical Group Hospital, Lvliang, 030500, Shanxi Province, China
Author contributions: Wu D, Xie TY and Sun XH contributed equally to this paper. Wu D and Wang XX were patients’ surgeons, designed the workflow, reviewed the literature, and contributed to manuscript drafting; Xie TY and Sun XH were also patients’ surgeons, collected the clinical data, and reviewed the literature; all authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Corresponding author: Xin-Xin Wang, MD, Associate Professor, Department of General Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, No. 28 Fuxing Road, Beijing 100853, China. 301wxx@sina.com
Received: June 15, 2020
Peer-review started: June 15, 2020
First decision: July 25, 2020
Revised: July 28, 2020
Accepted: September 22, 2020
Article in press: September 22, 2020
Published online: November 6, 2020
Peer-review started: June 15, 2020
First decision: July 25, 2020
Revised: July 28, 2020
Accepted: September 22, 2020
Article in press: September 22, 2020
Published online: November 6, 2020
Core Tip
Core Tip: During the pandemic period of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), we reviewed the procedures of two cases of suspected COVID-19 emergency surgery and extracted the perioperative protection experience. We developed a relatively mature and complete emergency surgical workflow for suspected COVID-19 cases and shared perioperative protection and management experience and measures. As COVID-19 continues to ravage the world, health care workers can both protect themselves from COVID-19 infection and do their best to save the lives of critical, urgent and suspected COVID-19 patients by following reasonable and effective workflow of emergency surgery and adopting mature perioperative safety precautions.