Positive peritoneal swab in SARS-CoV-2 patients undergoing abdominal emergency surgery: effect or cause?
Dario TartagliaAndrea BarberisFederico CoccoliniMauro PistelloMariangela RutiglianiMassimo ChiarugiPublished in: Infection (2022)
SARS-CoV-2 peritoneal positivity is rare. Abdominal surgery can, therefore, be safely performed in patients with COVID-19 using standard precautions. The correlation with a visceral perforation is not evaluable. The clinical outcomes seem uninfluenced by the viral colonization of the peritoneum. Assessment in large series to provide definitive answers about the involvement of the SARS-CoV-2 in the peritoneum will be challenging to coordinate.
Keyphrases
- sars cov
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- patients undergoing
- minimally invasive
- emergency department
- public health
- healthcare
- coronary artery bypass
- insulin resistance
- squamous cell carcinoma
- adipose tissue
- coronary artery disease
- radiation therapy
- metabolic syndrome
- locally advanced
- coronavirus disease
- atrial fibrillation