Disease and Diagnosis (Mar 2021)

Coronavirus Disease 2019 Occupational Considerations for Surgeons: A Review Article

  • Seyed Hesamaddin Banihashemi,
  • Ahmadreza Karimi,
  • Hasti Nikourazm,
  • Behnaz Bahmanyar,
  • Dariush Hooshyar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.34172/ddj.2021.07
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 36 – 41

Abstract

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The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 virus and its associated disease, called coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), first appeared in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and quickly spread around the world. Coronavirus was officially named COVID-19 by the World Health Organization and was recognized as a pandemic due to its rapid spread worldwide. Based on the published data, it is hoped to provide a source for later studies and to help prevent and control the contagious COVID-19 and its characteristics, and considerations that surgeons and medical staff must observe during the epidemic.

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