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. 2020 May 13;7:28. doi: 10.1186/s40634-020-00248-4

Table 3.

Strategy for resuming elective surgery in 4 phases according to patient age, comorbidities, type of surgery and length of hospital stay

Priority 1 2 3 4
Scenario A B C D E F G H
Patient age <  60 <  60 All ages All ages <  60 <  60 All ages All ages
Surgery Mini-invasive Mini-invasive Mini invasive and open surgery Mini invasive and open surgery Mini-invasive Mini-invasive Mini invasive and open surgery Mini invasive and open surgery
Length of stay Maximum 3 days Maximum 3 days Maximum 3 days Maximum 3 days All All All All
Comorbidities None None None None None / Existing None / Existing Existing Existing
Covid-19 No risk detected / Potentially recovered Infected / With symptoms No risk detected / Potentially recovered Infected / With symptoms No risk detected / Potentially recovered Infected / With symptoms No risk detected / Potentially recovered Infected / With symptoms