Surgery and COVID-19: a rapid scoping review of the impact of the first wave of COVID-19 on surgical services.

Connor O'RiellyJoshua Ng-KamstraAnia Kania-RichmondJoseph DortJonathan WhiteJill RobertMary BrindleKhara M Sauro

Published in: BMJ open (2021)

Reorganisation of surgical services in response to public health emergencies appears to be context dependent and has far-reaching consequences that must be better understood in order to optimise future health system responses to public health emergencies.

Keyphrases

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mental health
global health
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percutaneous coronary intervention
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