On this page ESCP is hosting high quality resources from our #covid19escp campaign and the best content from #covid19surgery discussions which took place 16 March to 19 July 2020.
Topics for South America Week, beginning 13 July 2020:
- Mon: Coloproctology in South America
- Tues: COVID-19: the reality for Brazil - Cristián Gallardo interviews Guilherme Pagin São Julião
- Wed: Surgery in Argentina: coping and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic - Miguel Cunha interviews Nicolas Avellaneda and Mariano Vaingurt
- Thurs: The surgical impact of the pandemic in South America: a global perspective - Miguel Cunha interviews Cristián Gallardo
- Fri: Summary of the South American surgical perspective on the pandemic
Topics covered week beginning 8 June 2020:
- Mon: Spanish surgical recovery and the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of social media and a future perspective - Miguel Cunha interviews Professor Julio Mayol
- Wed: CovidSurg collaborative: Gianluca Pellino interviewed by Rohan Gujjuri.
Topics covered week beginning 1 June 2020:
- Mon: The pandemic response in Saudi Arabia - Miguel Cunha interviews Dr Reem Alharby
- Wed: The COVID experience in Santander - Carmen Cagigas (YouTube)
- Fri: The COVID experience in Italy - Vittoria Bellato interviews Dr Salomone di Saverio
Topics covered week beginning 25 May 2020:
- Tues: The Pansurg approach to recovery - James Kinross
- Wed: COVID-19: The Serbia Experience - Goran Barisic (YouTube)
- Fri: The second wave of COVID-19: another potential tsunami - prepare to avoid being swept away - Zoe Garoufalia interviews Dr Deborah Keller
Topic covered week beginning 6 April 2020:
- Mon: Danish perspective - Peter Christensen (YouTube)
Topics covered week beginning 30 March:
- Mon: The US Perspective on COVID-19 - an interview with Steven Wexner
- Thurs: Shared experience from China - an interview with Xiaohua Jiang
- Fri: ESCP strike new global research partnership with CovidSurg
Topics covered week beginning 23 March 2020:
- Mon: PanSurg - James Kinross
- Tues: Publishing in a pandemic - interview with Neil Smart
- Thurs: AIS Channel and the challenges for surgery in the COVID-19 era - interview with Antonio Lacy
- Fri: Digital surgery in the pandemic era - interview with Nadine Hachach-Haram
Topics covered week beginning 16 March 2020:
- Mon: COVID-19: the Italian experience - Antonino Spinelli
- Tues: Research and CovidSurg - Aneel Bhangu and Dmitri Nepogodiev
- Wed: The frontline of COVID-19 in Spain - Gianlucca Pellino (YouTube)
- Thurs: Coloproctology and Education during a pandemic - Baljit Singh
- Fri: Surgical Training during a pandemic - Ruth Blanco Colino
Resources for colorectal surgeons and trainees
- General
- Management of surgical care
- Pre-, peri- and post-surgery
- Specific conditions
- Insights
- Training and education
- Research groups
General
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): Epidemiology, virology, and prevention
UpToDate website, topic updated as new peer-reviews evidence becomes available
COVID-19 Online Learning Centre
AIS (Advances in Surgery) Channel
Behind the Knife – The Surgery Podcast
Podcasts for surgeons relating to COVID-19
COVID-19, ethics and equity - what is our role as surgeons?
Tanya L. Zakrison et al, Annals of Surgery, July 2020
The effects of COVID-19 on surgeons and patients
Gianluca Pellino and Antonino Spinelli, guest post on Cutting Edge - the surgical blog from BJS, 18 March 2020
Management of surgical care
SAGES and EAES recommendations regarding surgical response to COVID-19 crisis
Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons and European Association for Endoscopic Surgery. Released 30 March 2020 - subject to change and update.
ESCP Recommendations regarding COVID-19
ESCP updates to SAGES/EAES recommendations regarding surgical response to COVID-19 crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic: considerations for resuming normal colorectal services
ESCP Guideline Committee, Colorectal Disease, August 2020
Global guidance for surgical care during the COVID‐19 pandemic
COVIDSurg Collaborative, BJS, 15 April 2020
Managing COVID-19 in Surgical Systems
Mary Brindle, Atul Gawande, Annals of Surgery, July 2020
Clinical guide to surgical prioritisation during the coronavirus pandemic
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Facing COVID-19: Management suggestions - Humanitas Research Hospital
Three info slides shared by @AntoninoSpin on Twitter
Pre, peri and post-surgery
COVID-19 and Surgery: resources for the surgical community
American College of Surgeons
COVID-19 Recommendations from the Spanish Association of Surgery
Documents in English
BSGAR-BSTI Statement for chest imaging in patients undergoing CT of the acute surgical abdomen
British Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology and British Society of Thoracic Imaging
Danson Yeo et al, Annals of Surgery, 18 May 2020
Gabriel A. Brat et al, Annals of Surgery, 17 April 2020
Shaoqing Lei et al, EClinicalMedicine, 4 April 2020
Turkish Journal of Colorectal Disease, 20 March 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: what the department of endoscopy should know
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Journal, 13 March 2020
What we do when a COVID-19 patient needs an operation: operating room preparation and guidance
Lian Kah Ti, Lin Stella Ang et al, Letter to Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, 6 March 2020
K. M. Augestad, A. M. Sneve, R.O. Lindsetmo, BJS Society, 26 February 2020
Management of COVID-19 Cases in OR
Info diagram shared by @SeguraJuanJ on Twitter
Removing personal protective equipment
Info leaflet shared by @SeguraJuanJ on Twitter
How to reduce the contamination of aerosol from CO2 during laparoscopy on COVID-19 patients
Video in Spanish shared by @DrMarioalvarez on Twitter
Documentos de posicionamiento y recomendaciones de la AEC en relación con la cirugía y COVID-19
Asociación Española de Cirujanos
Recomendaciones de actuación patología colorrectal de la AECP ante COVID-19
La Asociación Española de Coloproctología, March 2020
Specific conditions
Care for critically ill patients with COVID-19
JAMA Insights Clinical Update, 11 March 2020
Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (recommendations subject to change and update)
Gianluca Pellino, Antonino Spinelli, Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, June 2020
COVID-19 Guidelines for Triage of Colorectal Cancer Patients
American College of Surgeons, 24 March 2020
Time to surgery and colon cancer survival in the United States
Christof Kaltenmeier, Chengli Shen, David S. Medich et al, Annals of Surgery, December 2019
See also ESCP's Paper of the Month review
European Crohn's and Colitis latest news and interviews on COVID-19
Management of IBD during the COVID-19 outbreak: resetting clinical priorities
Silvio Danese, Maurizio Cecconi, Antonino Spinelli, Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 25 March 2020
Implications of COVID-19 for patients with pre-existing digestive diseases
Ren Mao, Jie Liang, Jun Shen, Subrata Ghosh, Liang-Ru Zhu, Hong Yang et al, The Lancet, 11 March 2020
Insights
An interview with Xiaohua Jiang, 2 April 2020
Peter Christensen on YouTube, 6 April 2020
From the Frontlines: Steven Wexner interviews Antonino Spinelli
American College of Surgeons on YouTube, 5 April 2020
Antonino Spinelli shares insights from the frontline in Italy
#COVID19ESCP TweetChat, 16 March 2020
Maurizio Cecconi MD, talks with JAMA Editor, Howard Bauchner MD on YouTube, 13 March 2020
The pandemic response in Saudi Arabia
Miguel Cunha interviews Dr Reem Alharby, 1 June 2020
COVID-19: The Serbia Experience
Goran Barisic on YouTube, 27 May 2020
Miguel Cunha interviews Professor Julio Mayol, 8 June 2020
The COVID experience in Santander
Carmen Cagigas on YouTube, 3 June 2020
From the Frontlines: Steven Wexner interviews Julio Mayol
American College of Surgeons on YouTube, 5 April 2020
The impact of COVID 19 on surgery in Spain
Gianluca (Barcelona), Patricia (Madrid) and Juan Jose (Majorca) on YouTube, 18 March 2020
The second wave of COVID-19: another potential tsunami - prepare to avoid being swept away
Zoe Garoufalia interviews Dr Deborah Keller, 29 May 2020
The US Perspective on COVID-19
An interview with Steven Wexner, 30 March
Digital surgery in the pandemic era
Interview with Nadine Hachach-Haram, 27 March 2020
AIS Channel and the challenges for surgery in the COVID-19 era
Interview with Antonio Lacy, 26 March 2020
Training and education
Coloproctology and education during a pandemic
Baljit Singh, ESCP website, 19 March 2020
Surgical training during a pandemic
Ruth Blanco Colino, ESCP website, 20 March 2020
Research groups
Safer surgical care during the COVID-19 pandemic
- The Pansurg approach to recovery - James Kinross, 26 May 2020
- PanSurg - James Kinross, 23 March 2020
International collaborating group of surgeons and anaesthetists, capturing data and sharing experience
- CovidSurg collaborative: a summary by Gianluca Pellino - interview by Rohan Gujjuri, 10 June 2020
- ESCP strike new global research partnership with CovidSurg - 3 April 2020
- New global research collaboration focusing on COVID-19 in surgery - Aneel Bhangu and Dmitri Nepogodiev, 17 March 2020
Innovative trial for Community-Acquired Pneumonia, responding to COVID-19
International collaborative database for monitoring and reporting COVID-19 in IBD patients
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