• 1. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100020, P. R. China;
  • 2. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100020, P. R. China;
  • 3. Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P. R. China;
  • 4. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Xi'an International Medical Center Hospital, Xi'an, 710117, P. R. China;
  • 5. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Hospital, Guangzhou, 510062, P. R. China;
  • 6. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing, 100143, P. R. China;
  • 7. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Lung Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China;
YOU Bin, Email: yb2759@sina.com; JIANG Gening, Email: jgnwp@aliyun.com
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With the change of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) prevention and control strategy in China, the number of COVID-19 cases has increased significantly recently, which has also brought new challenges to the perioperative risk control of thoracic surgery. This paper puts forward several suggestions, aiming to standardize the preoperative screening and evaluation during the COVID-19 period, strictly grasp the indications and timing of surgery, optimize the medical management process, individualize surgical decision-making, and minimize the risk of COVID-19 infection to surgery.

Citation: LI Hui, YOU Bin, OU Songlei, LIU Lunxu, LI Xiaofei, ZHANG Lanjun, CHEN Keneng, JIANG Gening. Proposal for risk control of thoracic surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2023, 30(2): 159-161. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.202301010 Copy

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