Bratisl Med J
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Covid-19 pandemic is spreading rapidly in Turkey. We aimed to examine the numbers and demographic data of patients who applied to the general surgery outpatient clinics and operated in this process. Our primary outcome is to reveal the response of general surgery patients to the Covid-19 pandemic. ⋯ It is not easy to control the entrance and exit of these busy hospitals. The remote diagnosis (mail, phone or video-call) and treatment methods that can be expected in the near future may be even closer with the Corona virus (Tab. 3, Fig. 4, Ref. 15). Keywords: general surgery, Covid-19, outpatient clinics, operation, reaction of patients.
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Comparative Study
The comparison of modified minimally invasive and open surgical approaches in the treatment of epithelial thymic tumours.
Exploring the efficacy of a modified combined minimally invasive approach in patients with thymoma regardless of myasthenia gravis involvement in contrast to open surgery as the mainstay of treatment. ⋯ Our results showed the modified maximal minimally invasive thymectomy to be an effective and safe method, and after overcoming the learning curve, even superior to open surgery in cases with lower tumour stages in terms of its extent (Tab. 3, Fig. 1, Ref. 49).
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Epiduroscopy is a percutaneous endoscopic technique with an interesting diagnostic and therapeutic potential. ⋯ The current summarised results indicate a significant positive effect of epiduroscopy in the treatment of chronic back pain with a reduction in radiating pain to the lower extremities and an increase in patients' quality of life after the procedure (Tab. 2, Fig. 1, Ref. 23).
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Dear editors: We propose novel strategies to combat the COVID-19 outbreak, that are aimed at high-risk groups and might reduce the progression to severe forms of COVID and thus decrease the very high case fatality rate. Following the first reports of the outbreak of several cases of acute respiratory distress syndrome in the Chinese city of Wuhan at the end of December 2019, a novel beta coronavirus, named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 or 2019-nCoV) as the main causative agent was identified while the disease associated with was named by WHO as COVID-19 (1, 2). The outbreak has rapidly spread globally with more than 150.000 cases detected in over 100 countries as of March 13, 2020. ⋯ Given the alarming global situation and rapidly evolving large scale pandemics, there is an urgent need for effective strategies to prevent the spread of the disease and decrease its high CFR. The gravity of the situation requires to consider even novel unorthodox strategies to control the outbreak and high lethality of COVID-19. (Tab. 2, Ref. 21). Keywords: COVID-19, coronavirus, distress syndrome, lopinavir/ritonavir, ribavirin, chloroquine, interferons.
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The recent Coronavirus 2019 outbreak took the world by surprise and called for global drastic measures. At this early point in the timeline of the pandemic, several questions remain open until the results of large scale studies become available. ⋯ Focusing healthcare resources on necessary treatment and prevention and combining efforts for developing feasible solutions will be decisive for time needed to achieve worldwide containment (Tab. 1, Ref. 23). Keywords: COVID-19, Coronavirus 2019, pandemic, public health.