TY - JOUR T1 - Colorectal Cancer Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Single Center Experience JF - In Vivo JO - In Vivo SP - 1299 LP - 1305 DO - 10.21873/invivo.12382 VL - 35 IS - 2 AU - DAVIDE PERTILE AU - MARCO GIPPONI AU - ALESSANDRA APRILE AU - PAOLA BATISTOTTI AU - CAROL MARZIA FERRARI AU - ANDREA MASSOBRIO AU - DOMENICO SORIERO AU - LORENZO EPIS AU - STEFANO SCABINI Y1 - 2021/03/01 UR - http://iv.iiarjournals.org/content/35/2/1299.abstract N2 - Background/Aim: A notable re-allocation of healthcare resources and specific clinical and organizational measures have been required to prevent COVID-19 infection among hospitalized patients and healthcare workers. Patients and Methods: From March 9th to May 9th 2020 we performed colorectal cancer elective surgery on 25 patients: a pre-hospital screening was carried out in order to avoid hospitalization of patients suspected of COVID-19 infection. Results: All patients (median age=76 years; range=37-88 years) were considered suitable for admission after telephone triage; the median interval between primary diagnosis and hospital admission was 23.1 days (range=1-55 days). The median hospitalization was 7.8 days (range=4-18 days). One COVID-19-associated death was reported. Conclusion: Our experience demonstrates that safe colorectal cancer elective surgery can be performed during the pandemic COVID-19. Further consensus and guidelines to prevent diffusion of pandemic diseases among hospitalized patients and healthcare workers still need to be implemented. ER -