Patient with suspected severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection with successful emergency surgery for ulcerative colitis-associated toxic megacolon.
Hirokatsu HayashiJesse Yu TajimaRyoma YokoiYuta SatoShigeru KiyamaTakao TakahashiNaoki OkumuraYoshihiro TanakaTakashi IbukaKeisuke KumadaMasahito ShimizuNobuhisa MatsuhashiPublished in: Surgical case reports (2023)
The COVID-19 pandemic presented challenges in surgical scheduling. Patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection required close monitoring for postoperative pulmonary complications.
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