Prevention and control strategies for emergency, limited-term, and elective operations in pediatric surgery during the epidemic period of COVID-19

Prevention and control strategies for emergency, limited-term, and elective operations in pediatric surgery during the epidemic period of COVID-19

Wei Wang, Jinhu Wang, Jinjin Huang, Qiang Shu, Jia Wei, Dongyan Zhao, Qingjiang Chen, Junfen Fu, Jinfa Tou, Zheming Xu, Daxing Tang, Hangyan Zhao

The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread to more than 100 countries. Children approved to be susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection. Preventing and controlling the epidemic while ensuring orderly flows of pediatric surgery clinical work has proven to be a big challenge for both patients and clinicians during the epidemic. Based on the transmission characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 and the requirements for prevention and control of COVID-19, the authors proposed some concrete measures and practical strategies of managing emergency, limited-term, and elective pediatric surgeries during the epidemic period.

2020

DOI: 10.1136/wjps-2020-000122

World Journal of Pediatric Surgery

BMJ Publishing Group

Surgery, Pediatrics