The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and the disease it causes, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is generating a rapid and tragic health emergency in Italy due to the need to provide assistance to an overwhelming number of infected patients and, at the same time, treat all the non-deferrable oncological and benign conditions. a panel of italian urologists has agreed on possible strategies for the reorganization of urological routine practice and on a set of recommendations that should facilitate the process of rescheduling both surgical and outpatient activities during the COVID-19 pandemic and in the subsequent phases. This document could be a valid tool to be used in routine clinical practice and, possibly, a cornerstone for further discussion on the topic also considering the further evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also may provide useful recommendations for national and international urological societies in a condition of emergency.
Urology practice during the COViD-19 pandemic / Ficarra, V.; Novara, G.; Abrate, A.; Bartoletti, R.; Crestani, A.; de Nunzio, C.; Giannarini, G.; Gregori, A.; Liguori, G.; Mirone, V.; Pavan, N.; Scarpa, R. M.; Simonato, A.; Trombetta, C.; Tubaro, A.; Porpiglia, F.. - In: MINERVA UROLOGICA E NEFROLOGICA. - ISSN 0393-2249. - 72:3(2020), pp. 369-375. [10.23736/S0393-2249.20.03846-1]
Urology practice during the COViD-19 pandemic
Mirone V.;
2020
Abstract
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and the disease it causes, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is generating a rapid and tragic health emergency in Italy due to the need to provide assistance to an overwhelming number of infected patients and, at the same time, treat all the non-deferrable oncological and benign conditions. a panel of italian urologists has agreed on possible strategies for the reorganization of urological routine practice and on a set of recommendations that should facilitate the process of rescheduling both surgical and outpatient activities during the COVID-19 pandemic and in the subsequent phases. This document could be a valid tool to be used in routine clinical practice and, possibly, a cornerstone for further discussion on the topic also considering the further evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also may provide useful recommendations for national and international urological societies in a condition of emergency.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
