The COVID-19 pandemic: impact on surgical departments of non-university hospitals

Abstract Background During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, German health care centres were restructured for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. This was accompanied by the suspension of the surgical programme. The aim of the survey was to determine the effects of COVID-19 on surgical care i...

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Main Authors: Christian Stöß, Marcella Steffani, Kay Kohlhaw, Claudia Rudroff, Ludger Staib, Daniel Hartmann, Helmut Friess, Michael W. Müller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-12-01
Series:BMC Surgery
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12893-020-00970-x