A brief report from a Thoracic surgery tertiary centre in UK during the COVID-19 outbreak: Do we really need CT-scan prior to surgery?

Br J Surg. 2020 Oct;107(11):e564. doi: 10.1002/bjs.11887. Epub 2020 Aug 26.

Authors

Nizar Asadi¹, Nora Mayer¹, Periklis Perikleous¹, George Doukas¹, Jonathan Finch¹, Emma Beddow¹, Vladimir Anikin^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of thoracic surgery, Harefield Hospital, Hill End Road, Middlesex, UB9 6JH, England, UK.
² Department of Oncology and Reconstructive Surgery, I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 119146, Moscow, Russia.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

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COVID-19 / diagnosis
COVID-19 / epidemiology*
Comorbidity
Female
Humans
Male
Pandemics*
SARS-CoV-2*
Tertiary Care Centers*
Thoracic Surgery / organization & administration*
Thoracic Surgical Procedures / methods*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
United Kingdom / epidemiology