Mandatory preoperative COVID-19 testing for cancer patients-Is it justified?

Sri Siddhartha Nekkanti Sudhir Vasudevan NairVani ParmarAvanish P SaklaniShailesh ShrikhandeNitin Sudhakar ShettyAmit JoshiVedang MurthyNikhil PatkarNavin KhattrySudeep Gupta

Published in: Journal of surgical oncology (2020)

Routine preoperative COVID-19 testing was successful in identifying asymptomatic viral carriers. There was no incidence of symptomatic COVID-19 disease in the postoperative period, and there was no incidence of morbidity attributable to COVID-19. These data suggested a beneficial role for mandatory preoperative COVID-19 testing.

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