A Protocol for Performing Reconstructive Microsurgery on Patients With COVID-19. Issue 1 (January 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Thione, Alessandro; Sánchez-García, Alberto; Pérez-García, Alberto; García-Vilariño, Elena; Salmerón-González, Enrique; Balaguer-Cambra, Jorge
• Is Part Of: Plastic surgical nursing. Volume 41:Issue 1(2021)
• Page Start: 36
• Page End: 39
• Publication Date: 2021-01
• Subjects: Surgery, Plastic -- Nursing -- Periodicals; Surgery, Plastic -- Nursing -- United States -- Periodicals; Surgical nursing -- Periodicals; 617.9520231
• DOI: 10.1097/PSN.0000000000000352
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0741-5206

Abstract

Abstract : On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic, challenging health care systems all over the world. National health care systems have reorganized to cope with the disease. Surgical services departments around the world have been affected and elective surgical procedures have been postponed to conserve medical resources. When a patient with COVID-19 requires an urgent microsurgical free flap due to trauma or a tumor, personnel from the health care facility must have a protocol in place to follow for the patient's care and follow-up. In this article, we present our protocol for patients with COVID-19 requiring reconstructive microsurgery.