Low-cost devices to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection during open and laparoscopic surgery

Luis Felipe Cabrera Vargas; Lilian Torregrosa; Oscar Guevara; Mauricio Pedraza; Javier A Carrera; Ricardo A Villarreal; Eric E Vinck; Laura Cabrera; Paula Ferrada; Herbert Chen

doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.07.014

Low-cost devices to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection during open and laparoscopic surgery

Am J Surg. 2021 Jan;221(1):55-58. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.07.014. Epub 2020 Jul 23.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Member of Asociación Colombiana de Cirugía, Covid19 Group, Colombia; Department of Surgery, Universidad El Bosque, Bogotá Colombia; Jose Félix Patiño Department of Surgery, Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia. Electronic address: Luis.felipe.cabrera@hotmail.com.
² President of Asociación Colombiana de Cirugía, Covid19 Group, Colombia; Breast and Soft Tissue Surgeon, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia. Electronic address: lilian.torregrosa@gmail.com.
³ Vice President of Asociación Colombiana de Cirugía, Covid19 Group, Colombia; Department of hepatobiliary Surgery, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Calle 100 # 14-63 of. 502, Colombia. Electronic address: oaguevarac@yahoo.com.
⁴ Member of Asociación Colombiana de Cirugía, Covid19 Group, Colombia; Department of Surgery, Universidad El Bosque, Bogotá Colombia. Electronic address: mpedrazac@unbosque.edu.co.
⁵ Departament of Colorectal Surgery, Fundación Santafé de Bogotá Avenida Cra. 9 # 131a-20, Colombia; Department of Surgery, Universidad El Bosque, Bogotá Colombia. Electronic address: carrerasiachoque@yahoo.com.
⁶ Departament of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Cobos Medical Center Bogotá, Cra. 7b #123-90, Colombia; Department of Surgery, Universidad El Bosque, Bogotá Colombia. Electronic address: rivimed73@gmail.com.
⁷ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Fundación Clínica Shaio, Bogotá, Colombia; Department of Surgery, Universidad El Bosque, Bogotá Colombia. Electronic address: evinck518@gmail.com.
⁸ Departament Medicine, Universidad El Bosque, Bogotá, Colombia. Electronic address: cabreralaura.silva@gmail.com.
⁹ Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, 16th Floor, West Hospital, 1200 E. Broad Street, Richmond, VA, 23219, USA. Electronic address: pferrada@mcvh-vcu.edu.
¹⁰ Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 701 19th Street South, LHRB 112, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA. Electronic address: hchen@uabmc.edu.

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Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / epidemiology
COVID-19 / transmission*
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Disease Transmission, Infectious / economics
Disease Transmission, Infectious / prevention & control*
Humans
Laparoscopy / methods*
Pandemics*
Personal Protective Equipment / economics*
SARS-CoV-2*