Risks of COVID-19 transmission in blood and serum during surgery. A prospective cross-sectional study from a single dedicated COVID-19 center

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Published: May 1, 2020
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Covid-19, Laparotomy, Surgery

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Nicolò Fabbri
Unit of General Surgery, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale di Ferrara, University of Ferrara, Italy
Eriminio Righini
Unit of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
Laura Cardarelli
Rete Diagnostica italiana, Padua (Limena), Italy
Luigi Di Marco
Unit of General Surgery, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale di Ferrara, University of Ferrara, Italy
Carlo V. Feo
Unit of General Surgery, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale di Ferrara, University of Ferrara, Italy

Abstract

The present pandemic caused by the SARS COV-2 coronavirus is still ongoing, although it is registered a slowdown in the spread for new cases. The main environmental route of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is through droplets and fomites or surfaces, but there is a potential risk of virus spread also in smaller aerosols during various medical procedures causing airborne transmission. To date, no information is available on the risk of contagion from the peritoneal fluid with which surgeons can come into contact during the abdominal surgery on COVID-19 patients.


We have investigated the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the peritoneal cavity of patients affected by COVID-19, intraoperatively and postoperatively.

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Fabbri, Nicolò, et al. “Risks of COVID-19 Transmission in Blood and Serum During Surgery. A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study from a Single Dedicated COVID-19 Center”. Annali Italiani Di Chirurgia, vol. 91, no. 3, May 2020, pp. 235-8, https://annaliitalianidichirurgia.it/index.php/aic/article/view/1689.
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Vol. 91 No. 3 (2020)
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