Perioperative challenges in managing a patient with COVID-19 undergoing debridement for massive scalp myiasis

A young man presented to our centre needing an urgent debridement of his postcraniotomy wound due to massive myiasis during the COVID-19 pandemic in October 2020. Prior to the surgery, his nasopharyngeal swab real-time PCR test result was unknown. One day later, it returned as SARS-CoV-2 positive. A...

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Main Authors: Lo, Shiu Yin, Teah, Ming Kai, Ho, Yan Zheng, Yeap, Boon Tat
Format: Article
Language:English
English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2021
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Online Access:https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27314/1/Perioperative%20challenges%20in%20managing%20a%20patient%20with%20COVID-19%20undergoing%20debridement%20for%20massive%20scalp%20myiasis%20ABSTRACT.pdf
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