Am J Surg in press

Elective surgery in the time of COVID-19.

Diaz A, Sarac BA, Schoenbrunner AR, Janis JE, Pawlik TM

The COVID-19 pandemic has placed a significant strain on the United States health care system, and frontline healthcare workers are rapidly altering their professional responsibilities to help meet hospital needs. In an effort to decrease disease transmission and conserve personal protective equipment (PPE), surgeons have witnessed one of the most dramatic changes in their practices with rapidly decreasing numbers of elective surgeries.