Transforming a surgical department during the outbreak of new coronavirus pandemic. Clinical implications.
Ramón Vilallonga PuyAmador Garcia Ruiz de GordejuelaYolima Cossio-GilJosé Manuel Domínguez GonzálezRocio Martín SánchezManel Armengol CarrascoPublished in: Langenbeck's archives of surgery (2020)
The complete reorganization of surgical departments will be requested during the outbreak and adaptive solutions are needed in order to avoid increased mortality rates and infection among patients and to promote maximal optimization of surgical spaces. Timing, governmental decisions, and scientific society's recommendations may be limitations in the efficient deployment of hospital transformations to COVID-19 facilities.