Tag: operation
Operations should not take place until at least seven weeks after infection with SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus
Patients have a two and a half times higher risk of dying after the operation during the first six weeks after a SARS-CoV-2 detection compared to a later procedure.… ...More...
Patient and surgeon contract coronavirus during lung transplant operation
The coronavirus can linger in the lungs even when swab tests of the back of the nose and throat are negative, doctors reported after unknowingly transplanting infected lungs into a patient who later died of COVID-19.… ...More...