TY - JOUR
TI - EAES Recommendations for Recovery Plan in Minimally Invasive Surgery Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
AU - Arezzo, A.
AU - Francis, N.
AU - Mintz, Y.
AU - Adamina, M.
AU - Antoniou, S.A.
AU - Bouvy, N.
AU - Copaescu, C.
AU - de Manzini, N.
AU - Di Lorenzo, N.
AU - Morales-Conde, S.
AU - Müller-Stich, B.P.
AU - Nickel, F.
AU - Popa, D.
AU - Tait, D.
AU - Thomas, C.
AU - Nimmo, S.
AU - Paraskevis, D.
AU - Pietrabissa, A.
AU - Eck, M.
AU - Letić, E.
AU - Preda, S.D.
AU - Tsai, A.
AU - Malanowska, E.
AU - Lesko, D.
AU - Majewski, W.
AU - Baldari, L.
AU - Morelli, L.
AU - Shamiyeh, A.
AU - Faria, G.
AU - Carrano, F.M.
AU - Mysliwiec, P.
AU - Ahlberg, G.
AU - Cassinotti, E.
AU - Delibegović, S.
AU - Martinek, L.
AU - Yiannakopoulou, E.
AU - Gorter-Stam, M.
AU - Gorter-Stam, M.
AU - Hanna, G.
AU - Fuchs, H.
AU - Bjelovic, M.
AU - Markar, S.
AU - Yan, P.W.
AU - Chiu
AU - Ecom, B.W.
AU - Kim, Y.-W.
AU - Ponz, C.B.
AU - Schijven, M.
AU - Boni, L.
AU - Carus, T.
AU - Theodoropoulos, G.
AU - Forgione, A.
AU - Milone, M.
AU - Petz, W.L.R.
AU - Andrejevic, P.
AU - Ignjatovic, D.
AU - Arulampalam, T.
AU - Campbell, K.
AU - Chand, M.
AU - Coleman, M.
AU - Kontovounisios, C.
AU - Sagiv, C.
AU - Ficuciello, F.
AU - Marconi, S.
AU - Mascagni, P.
AU - Nakajima, K.
AU - Margallo, F.M.S.
AU - Horeman, T.
AU - Mylonas, G.
AU - Valdastri, P.
AU - The EAES Group of Experts for Recovery Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
JO - Surgical Endoscopy
PY - 2021
VL - 35
TODO - 1
SP - 1-17
PB - Springer-Verlag
SN - 0930-2794, 1432-2218
TODO - 10.1007/s00464-020-08131-0
TODO - abdominal wall closure;  Article;  bariatrics;  coronavirus disease 2019;  Delphi study;  elective surgery;  emergency surgery;  gastrointestinal surgery;  health care planning;  minimally invasive surgery;  pandemic;  practice guideline;  priority journal;  questionnaire;  consensus development;  emergency;  epidemiology;  global health;  health care delivery;  health care organization;  human;  infection control;  minimally invasive surgery;  pandemic;  prevention and control;  procedures, COVID-19;  Delphi Technique;  Elective Surgical Procedures;  Emergencies;  Global Health;  Health Care Rationing;  Health Services Accessibility;  Humans;  Infection Control;  Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures;  Pandemics;  SARS-CoV-2
TODO - Background: COVID-19 pandemic presented an unexpected challenge for the surgical community in general and Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) specialists in particular. This document aims to summarize recent evidence and experts’ opinion and formulate recommendations to guide the surgical community on how to best organize the recovery plan for surgical activity across different sub-specialities after the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Recommendations were developed through a Delphi process for establishment of expert consensus. Domain topics were formulated and subsequently subdivided into questions pertinent to different surgical specialities following the COVID-19 crisis. Sixty-five experts from 24 countries, representing the entire EAES board, were invited. Fifty clinicians and six engineers accepted the invitation and drafted statements based on specific key questions. Anonymous voting on the statements was performed until consensus was achieved, defined by at least 70% agreement. Results: A total of 92 consensus statements were formulated with regard to safe resumption of surgery across eight domains, addressing general surgery, upper GI, lower GI, bariatrics, endocrine, HPB, abdominal wall and technology/research. The statements addressed elective and emergency services across all subspecialties with specific attention to the role of MIS during the recovery plan. Eighty-four of the statements were approved during the first round of Delphi voting (91.3%) and another 8 during the following round after substantial modification, resulting in a 100% consensus. Conclusion: The recommendations formulated by the EAES board establish a framework for resumption of surgery following COVID-19 pandemic with particular focus on the role of MIS across surgical specialities. The statements have the potential for wide application in the clinical setting, education activities and research work across different healthcare systems. © 2020, The Author(s).
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