학술논문
Acute cholecystitis during COVID-19 pandemic: a multisocietary position statement
Document Type
article
Author
Fabio Cesare Campanile; Mauro Podda; Alberto Arezzo; Emanuele Botteri; Alberto Sartori; Mario Guerrieri; Elisa Cassinotti; Irnerio Muttillo; Marcello Pisano; Riccardo Brachet Contul; Giancarlo D’Ambrosio; Diego Cuccurullo; Carlo Bergamini; Marco Ettore Allaix; Valerio Caracino; Wanda Luisa Petz; Marco Milone; Gianfranco Silecchia; Gabriele Anania; Antonino Agrusa; Salomone Di Saverio; Salvatore Casarano; Caterina Cicala; Piero Narilli; Sara Federici; Massimo Carlini; Alessandro Paganini; Paolo Pietro Bianchi; Adelona Salaj; Andrea Mazzari; Roberto Luca Meniconi; Alessandro Puzziello; Giovanni Terrosu; Belinda De Simone; Federico Coccolini; Fausto Catena; Ferdinando Agresta
Source
World Journal of Emergency Surgery, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2020)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
1749-7922
Abstract
Abstract Following the spread of the infection from the new SARS-CoV2 coronavirus in March 2020, several surgical societies have released their recommendations to manage the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for the daily clinical practice. The recommendations on emergency surgery have fueled a debate among surgeons on an international level. We maintain that laparoscopic cholecystectomy remains the treatment of choice for acute cholecystitis, even in the COVID-19 era. Moreover, since laparoscopic cholecystectomy is not more likely to spread the COVID-19 infection than open cholecystectomy, it must be organized in such a way as to be carried out safely even in the present situation, to guarantee the patient with the best outcomes that minimally invasive surgery has shown to have.