A Multidisciplinary Team Approach for Triage of Elective Cancer Surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital During the Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 Outbreak

Ann Surg. 2020 Jul;272(1):e20-e21. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003963.

Authors

Motaz Qadan¹, Theodore S Hong², Kenneth K Tanabe¹, David P Ryan³, Keith D Lillemoe¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
² Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
³ Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Clinical Decision-Making
Clinical Protocols
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Elective Surgical Procedures*
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / surgery*
Hospitals, General / organization & administration*
Humans
Massachusetts
Pandemics*
Patient Care Team*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
SARS-CoV-2
Triage / methods
Videoconferencing