Letter to Editor

Suggestions for triage and surgery strategies for maxillofacial trauma during COVID-19 outbreak

Volume: 42 Number: 2 July 21, 2020
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Suggestions for triage and surgery strategies for maxillofacial trauma during COVID-19 outbreak

Abstract

Maxillofacial traumas can be accompanied by other traumas, while it can be presented in isolation. In patients with pure trauma, maxillofacial surgery is directly related to the risk of high COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission, and the decision of surgery during the pandemic process should be given carefully. In the pandemic process, only performing actual maxillofacial emergency surgeries and postponing elective surgeries would reduce the likelihood for both the patient and medical personnel to be infected with this directly aerosol-transmitted agent. In this period when we are facing a global problem, it is important to protect health care personnel from this factor as well as patients.

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Acknowledgments: I would like to thank Assoc. Prof.Dr. Elif Demirel for her help with the proofreading of my manuscript.

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English

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Health Care Administration

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Letter to Editor

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Publication Date

July 21, 2020

Submission Date

June 26, 2020

Acceptance Date

July 1, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 42 Number: 2

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1.Karakol P. Suggestions for triage and surgery strategies for maxillofacial trauma during COVID-19 outbreak. CMJ. 2020;42(2):142-144. https://izlik.org/JA39YP63ML