Surgical and Anesthesiology Departments Adaptations During COVID-19 Pandemic
Surgical and anesthesiology departments in high-income countries adapted to COVID-19 through staffing changes and task-shifting. A scoping review of 108 articles revealed these common strategies, emphasizing that well-resourced surgical systems were more resilient during the pandemic. However, the absence of reports from low-income countries suggests a gap in understanding their responses. Strengthening surgical systems could enhance future disaster preparedness.
Closing a midline laparotomy with small, closely spaced fascial bites prevents more incisional hernias than the traditional large-bite technique, and the benefit lasts beyond two years.
Over five decades, surgery went from the most disruptive research field to the only one where papers, on average, reinforce existing ideas rather than redirect the field.
Members of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons want a say in how surgery will work beyond Earth, and robotics tops their list.
