Trends in Colorectal Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ce dossier présente un ensemble d'articles concernant la prise en charge des cancers durant la crise sanitaire liée au COVID-19
Ever since its widespread outbreak, the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged health care systems worldwide. Allocation of resources in an effort to contain the spread of the virus, along with the reluctance of many patients to seek health care because of restrictions and social isolation, have severely disrupted preventive screenings and cancer care worldwide. Beds were needed for critically ill patients with COVID-19, and staff were required to care for those patients. Therefore, a resource transfer led to a prohibition on elective surgery for varying lengths of time in every state in the US and elsewhere in the world, generally between March and May 2020. There have been numerous publications in the past 2 years reporting the association of the COVID-19 pandemic with the diagnosis and treatment of colon and rectal cancer.
JAMA Network Open , éditorial en libre accès, 2021