Table 2.
Retrieved suggestions and indications. (CT: computed tomography; NO: negative recommendation; OP: optional recommendation; UA: unavailable recommendation; YES: positive recommendation)
| Origin | International | Italian | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Sources | PubMed—NCBI | Scholar | |||||||||||||||||||
| Society/Journal | AOS1 [16] | AOS2 [27] | AJS [28] | BT [26] | CAS [15] | IJS [9] | JVS [10] | WJES [17] | ABC [20] | TJCD [14] | 4open [11] | ACPGBI [22] | ACS [18] | ESSO [23] | RCS [19] | SAGES [13] | ACOI [25] | AICO [12] | SICE [24] | SICO (21) | |
| General considerations | Non operative management | UA | UA | UA | YES | UA | YES | YES | UA | OP | UA | YES | OP | OP | YES | YES | UA | UA | UA | UA | OP |
| Personal protective equipment (PPE) | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | UA | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | |
| Surgical indications | Elective surgery for benign pathologies | UA | NO | NO | NO | UA | NO | NO | UA | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | UA | NO | NO | UA | NO | NO |
| Emergency surgery | YES | YES | YES | YES | UA | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | UA | YES | YES | YES | UA | YES | UA | |
| All surgical oncology | UA | NO | NO | NO | UA | NO | NO | YES | NO | UA | NO | NO | NO | NO | UA | NO | NO | UA | NO | NO | |
| Selected surgical oncology | UA | YES | UA | YES | UA | YES | YES | YES | OP | UA | YES | YES | YES | YES | UA | YES | YES | UA | YES | YES | |
| Preoperative phase | Preoperative COVID 19 swab | UA | UA | YES | YES | UA | YES | UA | YES | UA | YES | YES | UA | UA | UA | YES | YES | YES | UA | YES | YES |
| Preoperative chest CT scan | OP | UA | UA | YES | UA | NO | UA | YES | UA | UA | OP | UA | UA | UA | YES | YES | YES | UA | UA | NO | |
| Need of Multidisciplinary Team | UA | UA | UA | YES | UA | UA | YES | YES | UA | YES | YES | YES | UA | YES | UA | YES | UA | YES | YES | YES | |
| Operating theatre | Dedicated room | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | UA | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | UA | YES | UA | UA | YES | YES | YES | YES | UA |
| Limited / Dedicated personnel | UA | YES | YES | YES | YES | UA | UA | YES | YES | YES | YES | UA | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | |
| Specific protocol | YES | YES | UA | UA | YES | YES | UA | YES | YES | YES | YES | UA | UA | UA | UA | UA | YES | YES | YES | UA | |
| Anesthetic considerations | UA | UA | YES | YES | NO | UA | UA | YES | UA | UA | YES | UA | YES | UA | YES | UA | YES | YES | YES | UA | |
| Laparoscopic surgery | OP | UA | YES | YES | UA | NO | YES | YES | UA | OP | OP | OP | OP | UA | OP | OP | OP | UA | OP | OP | |
| Postoperative phase | Specific indications for disinfection of operating rooms | YES | UA | UA | UA | YES | YES | UA | YES | YES | YES | YES | UA | UA | UA | UA | UA | UA | YES | YES | UA |
| Postoperative indications | UA | YES | YES | YES | UA | YES | UA | YES | UA | YES | YES | UA | YES | UA | UA | YES | UA | YES | UA | UA | |