Surgical challenges and research priorities in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic: EAES membership survey
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- 04.08.2020
- COVID-19
- SAGES/EAES Official Publication
Erschienen in:
- Verfasst von
- Marco Milone
- Francesco Maria Carrano
- Emina Letić
- Andreas Shamiyeh
- Antonello Forgione
- Bang Wool Eom
- Beat P. Müller-Stich
- Carmen Balagué Ponz
- Christos Kontovounisios
- Daniel Preda
- Dejan Ignjatovic
- Elisa Cassinotti
- Eugenia Yiannakopoulou
- George Theodoropoulos
- Gil Faria
- Luca Morelli
- Marguerite Gorter-Stam
- Sheraz Markar
- Thanjakumar Arulampalam
- Therese Velthoven
- Stavros A. Antoniou
- Nader K. Francis
- Erschienen in
- Surgical Endoscopy | Ausgabe 10/2020
Abstract
Background
Healthcare systems and general surgeons are being challenged by the current pandemic. The European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES) aimed to evaluate surgeons’ experiences and perspectives, to identify gaps in knowledge, to record shortcomings in resources and to register research priorities.
Methods
An ad hoc web-based survey of EAES members and affiliates was developed by the EAES Research Committee. The questionnaire consisted of 69 items divided into the following sections: (Ι) demographics, (II) institutional burdens and management strategies, and (III) analysis of resource, knowledge, and evidence gaps. Descriptive statistics were summarized as frequencies, medians, ranges,, and interquartile ranges, as appropriate.
Results
The survey took place between March 25th and April 16th with a total of 550 surgeons from 79 countries. Eighty-one percent had to postpone elective cases or suspend their practice and 35% assumed roles not related to their primary expertise. One-fourth of respondents reported having encountered abdominal pathologies in COVID-19-positive patients, most frequently acute appendicitis (47% of respondents). The effect of protective measures in surgical or endoscopic procedures on infected patients, the effect of endoscopic surgery on infected patients, and the infectivity of positive patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery were prioritized as knowledge gaps and research priorities.
Conclusions
Perspectives and priorities of EAES members in the era of the pandemic are hereto summarized. Research evidence is urgently needed to effectively respond to challenges arisen from the pandemic.
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- Titel
- Surgical challenges and research priorities in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic: EAES membership survey
- Verfasst von
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Marco Milone
Francesco Maria Carrano
Emina Letić
Andreas Shamiyeh
Antonello Forgione
Bang Wool Eom
Beat P. Müller-Stich
Carmen Balagué Ponz
Christos Kontovounisios
Daniel Preda
Dejan Ignjatovic
Elisa Cassinotti
Eugenia Yiannakopoulou
George Theodoropoulos
Gil Faria
Luca Morelli
Marguerite Gorter-Stam
Sheraz Markar
Thanjakumar Arulampalam
Therese Velthoven
Stavros A. Antoniou
Nader K. Francis
- Publikationsdatum
- 04.08.2020
- Verlag
- Springer US
- Schlagwort
- COVID-19
- Erschienen in
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Surgical Endoscopy / Ausgabe 10/2020
Print ISSN: 0930-2794
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-2218 - DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-020-07835-7
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