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Recommended operating room practice during the COVID-19 pandemic: systematic review.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Personal protective equipment for reducing the risk of COVID-19 infection among health care workers involved in emergency trauma surgery during the pandemic: An umbrella review.The journal of trauma and acute care surgery · 2021Pooled it
- Minimally Required Personal Protective Equipment during Local Anesthesia Surgery in COVID-19: A Simulation Study.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2023Article
- Prevalence of surgery cancelation and challenges in restarting elective surgery in the pandemic: A cross-sectional study.Perioperative care and operating room management · 2022Article
- The RCS England COVID-19 Surgical Research Group: early findings and lessons to influence surgical practice.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2022Article
- Impact of COVID-19 on neurosurgical service: A one-year experience from a provincial countryside hospital in a rural area in north Egypt.Interdisciplinary neurosurgery : Advanced techniques and case management · 2022Review
- RESULTS OF SURGICAL TREATMENT OF COLORECTAL CANCER, ELECTIVE AND EMERGENCY, IN PATIENTS WITH COVID-19.Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery · 2022Article
- 'Overnight, things changed. Suddenly, we were in it': a qualitative study exploring how surgical teams mitigated risks of COVID-19.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Epidemic prevention and control in the operating room during the COVID-19 pandemic.The British journal of surgery · 2021Article
- Pre-operative testing and personal protective equipment in the operating room during a pandemic: A survey of Ontario general surgeons.Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada · 2021Article
- Evidence-based review of safe theatre practice during the COVID-19 pandemic beyond personal protective equipment.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2021Review
- Directives of general surgical practice during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review.Journal of education and health promotion · 2021Review
- Accepting a "new norm" - what level of PPE do we really need for surgery during COVID-19?The British journal of surgery · 2020Article
- Surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: operating room suggestions from an international Delphi process.The British journal of surgery · 2020Article
- Screening with HRCT chest and PCR testing for COVID-19 in asymptomatic patients undergoing a surgical or diagnostic procedure.The British journal of surgery · 2020Article
- Delivery of hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: an European-African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (E-AHPBA) cross-sectional survey.HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association · 2020Article
- International surgical guidance for COVID-19: Validation using an international Delphi process - Cross-sectional study.International journal of surgery (London, England) · 2020Article
- COVID-19. An update for orthopedic surgeons.SICOT-J · 2020Article
- Strategies to Offer Uninterrupted Neurosurgical Care at a Tertiary Center in Makka amid COVID-19 Pandemic.Asian journal of neurosurgeryArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic poses a critical global public health crisis. Operating room (OR) best practice in this crisis is poorly defined. This systematic review was performed to identify contemporary evidence relating to OR practice in the context of COVID-19.
methodsMEDLINE was searched systematically using PubMed (search date 19 March 2020) for relevant studies in accordance with PRISMA guidelines. Documented practices and guidance were assessed to determine Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (OCEBM) levels of evidence, and recommendations for practice within five domains were extracted: physical OR, personnel, patient, procedure, and other factors.
resultsThirty-five articles were identified, of which 11 met eligibility criteria. Nine articles constituted expert opinion and two were retrospective studies. All articles originated from the Far East (China, 9; Singapore, 2); eight of the articles concerned general surgery. Common themes were identified within each domain, but all recommendations were based on low levels of evidence (median OCEBM level 5 (range 4-5)). The highest number of overlapping recommendations related to physical OR (8 articles) and procedural factors (13). Although few recommendations related to personnel factors, consensus was high in this domain, with all studies mandating the use of personal protective equipment.
conclusionThere was little evidence to inform this systematic review, but there was consensus regarding many aspects of OR practice. Within the context of a rapidly evolving pandemic, timely amalgamation of global practice and experiences is needed to inform best practice.
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