RESUMEN
The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected medical treatment protocols throughout the world. While the pandemic does not affect hand surgeons at first glance, they have a role to play. The purpose of this study was to describe the different measures that have been put in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic by hand surgeons throughout the world. The survey comprised 47 surgeons working in 34 countries who responded to an online questionnaire. We found that the protocols varied in terms of visitors, health professionals in the operating room, patient waiting areas, wards and emergency rooms. Based on these preliminary findings, an international consensus on hand surgery practices for the current viral pandemic, and future ones, needs to be built rapidly.
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Infecciones por Coronavirus/prevención & control , Mano/cirugía , Pandemias/prevención & control , Neumonía Viral/prevención & control , Pautas de la Práctica en Medicina/organización & administración , Práctica Profesional/organización & administración , COVID-19 , Infecciones por Coronavirus/transmisión , Encuestas de Atención de la Salud , Humanos , Internacionalidad , Internet , Neumonía Viral/transmisión , Pautas de la Práctica en Medicina/normas , Práctica Profesional/normasRESUMEN
We describe a case of 3-year-old girl in whom flexion contracture of the wrist developed following harvest of the palmaris longus tendon with a tendon stripper.