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ReviewDer Unfallchirurg2020

[Surgery during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic : Recommendations on operative procedures].

Lutz Mahlke, Sascha Flohé, Gerrit Matthes, Thomas Paffrath, Frithjof Wagner, Christoph Wölfl, Sektion Notfall‑, Intensiv- und Schwerverletztenversorgung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Unfallchirurgie e. V. (DGU)

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Review in Der Unfallchirurg, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 40% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Lutz MahlkeKlinik für Orthopädie, Unfallchirurgie und Sporttraumatologie, St. Vincenz-Krankenhaus GmbH, Am Busdorf 2, 33098, Paderborn, Deutschland. L.Mahlke@Vincenz.de.
Sascha FlohéKlinik für Unfallchirurgie, Orthopädie und Handchirurgie, Städtisches Klinikum Solingen GmbH, Solingen, Deutschland.
Gerrit MatthesKlinik für Unfall- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Klinikum Ernst von Bergmann, Potsdam, Deutschland.
Thomas PaffrathSektion Unfallchirurgie, Klinik für Allgemein‑, Viszeral‑, Thorax- und Unfallchirurgie, Krankenhaus der Augustinerinnen gGmbH, Köln, Deutschland.
Frithjof WagnerAbteilung für septische und rekonstruktive Chirurgie, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Murnau, Murnau, Deutschland.
Christoph WölflKlinik für Orthopädie, Unfallchirurgie und Sporttraumatologie, Marienhausklinikum Hetzelstift, Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Deutschland.
Sektion Notfall‑, Intensiv- und Schwerverletztenversorgung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Unfallchirurgie e. V. (DGU)
Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Murnau · DEKlinikum Ernst von Bergmann · DEKrankenhaus der Augustinerinnen · DEMarienhaus Klinikum Hetzelstift Neustadt · DEStädtisches Klinikum Solingen · DESt. Vincenz-Krankenhaus Limburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn February 2020 Germany was also hit by the SARS-CoV‑2 pandemic. Even patients infected by SARS-CoV‑2 or COVID-19 may need operative procedures. Currently, no uniform recommendations exist on precautions to be taken when operating on these patients. Furthermore, they may differ from one hospital to another.

methodsThe task force COVID-19 of the emergency, intensive and severely injured section of the German Trauma Society (DGU e. V.) has developed consensus-based recommendations on surgical treatment of patients with SARS-CoV‑2 infections. Great importance is placed on the implementation in hospitals at all levels of care.

resultsThe indications for surgical interventions in patients with COVID-19 infections require an extremely critical evaluation. When indicated these surgical intervention should ideally be performed in a separate operating theater. All personnel involved should wear personal protective equipment with FFP2 masks, face shields and double gloves. The emergency team in the resuscitation bay should generally wear the same personal protective equipment. Special training is mandatory and the exposure of team members should be minimized.

conclusionThe recommendations are principally used for all kinds of surgery and comply with the currently available knowledge. Nevertheless, all recommendations represent a compromise between maximum safety of all medical staff and practicability in the routine hospital workflow.

Indexed as

BetacoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsPandemicsPneumonia, ViralCOVID-19General SurgeryGermanyHumansSARS-CoV-2COVID-19Medical staff safetyPandemicPersonal protective equipmentSurgery

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PMID32488319
PMCPMC7265879
OpenAlexW3032929915

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