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2020 ; 44
(3
): 1014-1042
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Elective, Non-urgent Procedures and Aesthetic Surgery in the Wake of
SARS-COVID-19: Considerations Regarding Safety, Feasibility and Impact on
Clinical Management
#MMPMID32410196
Kaye K
; Paprottka F
; Escudero R
; Casabona G
; Montes J
; Fakin R
; Moke L
; Stasch T
; Richter D
; Benito-Ruiz J
Aesthetic Plast Surg
2020[Jun]; 44
(3
): 1014-1042
PMID32410196
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BACKGROUND: The worldwide spread of a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has
led to a near total stop of non-urgent, elective surgeries across all specialties
in most affected countries. In the field of aesthetic surgery, the self-imposed
moratorium for all aesthetic surgery procedures recommended by most international
scientific societies has been adopted by many surgeons worldwide and resulted in
a huge socioeconomic impact for most private practices and clinics. An important
question still unanswered in most countries is when and how should
elective/aesthetic procedures be scheduled again and what kind of organizational
changes are necessary to protect patients and healthcare workers when clinics and
practices reopen. Defining manageable, evidence-based protocols for testing,
surgical/procedural risk mitigation and clinical flow management/contamination
management will be paramount for the safety of non-urgent surgical procedures.
METHODS: We conducted a MEDLINE/PubMed research for all available publications on
COVID-19 and surgery and COVID-19 and anesthesia. Articles and referenced
literature describing possible procedural impact factors leading to exacerbation
of the clinical evolution of COVID-19-positive patients were identified to
perform risk stratification for elective surgery. Based on these impact factors,
considerations for patient selection, choice of procedural complexity, duration
of procedure, type of anesthesia, etc., are discussed in this article and
translated into algorithms for surgical/anesthesia risk management and clinical
management. Current recommendations and published protocols on contamination
control, avoidance of cross-contamination and procedural patient flow are
reviewed. A COVID-19 testing guideline protocol for patients planning to undergo
elective aesthetic surgery is presented and recommendations are made regarding
adaptation of current patient information/informed consent forms and patient
health questionnaires. CONCLUSION: The COVID-19 crisis has led to unprecedented
challenges in the acute management of the crisis, and the wave only recently
seems to flatten out in some countries. The adaptation of surgical and procedural
steps for a risk-minimizing management of potential COVID-19-positive patients
seeking to undergo elective aesthetic procedures in the wake of that wave will
present the next big challenge for the aesthetic surgery community. We propose a
clinical algorithm to enhance patient safety in elective surgery in the context
of COVID-19 and to minimize cross-contamination between healthcare workers and
patients. New evidence-based guidelines regarding surgical risk stratification,
testing, and clinical flow management/contamination management are proposed. We
believe that only the continuous development and broad implementation of
guidelines like the ones proposed in this paper will allow an early reintegration
of all aesthetic procedures into the scope of surgical care currently performed
and to prepare the elective surgical specialties better for a possible second
wave of the pandemic. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE V: This journal requires that authors
assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these
Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the
online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266.