Urgent surgery for inflammatory bowel diseases during the covid-19 outbreak in a high incidence area - experience from a high-volume centre

Since December 2019, a novel coronavirus named SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2) was identified as the causative agent of a respiratory syndrome named COVID-19 [1]. During the following months, the virus rapidly spread around the world, until the World Health Organization (WHO) defined COVID-19 as a pandemic on 11 March 2020. Lombardy region was severely hit by COVID-19 since February 2020, posing serious challenges to healthcare system due to an extremely high number of simultaneous cases.
Source: Digestive and Liver Disease - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research