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ArticleAnnals of surgery2020

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

Min Hua Zheng, Luigi Boni, Abe Fingerhut

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Article in Annals of surgery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 240 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

240 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Laparoscopic Surgery and the debate on its safety during COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review of recommendations.The surgeon : journal of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland · 2021
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  9. Recommendations of protective measures for orthopedic surgeons during COVID-19 pandemic.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Min Hua ZhengDepartment of General Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Shanghai, P. R. China.
Luigi BoniDepartment of Surgery, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di Milano, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Abe FingerhutDepartment of General Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Shanghai, P. R. China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Guidelines as TopicMinimally Invasive Surgical ProceduresBetacoronavirusChinaCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Cross InfectionHumansInfection ControlInfectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-ProfessionalItalyPandemicsPneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID32221118
PMCPMC7188059

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