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cord-298403-ilpzj2sv	Mintz, Yoav	Minimally Invasive Surgery is the Key to Patient and Operating room team Safety During the COVID19 Pandemic as well as in the “new normal” or chronic Pandemic State to come	2020-08-18		.txt	text/plain	745	40	35	title: Minimally Invasive Surgery is the Key to Patient and Operating room team Safety During the COVID19 Pandemic as well as in the "new normal" or chronic Pandemic State to come In cases of emergency or oncological surgery the decision whether to perform abdominal surgery by laparotomy or laparoscopy is dependent on the COVID-19 status, the complexity of the operation, and the respiratory status. Patients with moderately compromised respiratory function requiring mask oxygen therapy or non-invasive ventilation (i.e. Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) can also be operated safely by laparoscopy. Patients with moderately to severely compromised respiratory function with interstitial pneumonia and ARDS, who are ventilated but have good respiratory system compliance (> 50 ml/cm H 2 O) can be safely operated via laparoscopy. At the present time, aside from the potential pulmonary repercussions, there is no evidence that laparoscopy is more dangerous than laparotomy for patients with COVID-19 disease 5 .	./cache/cord-298403-ilpzj2sv.txt	./txt/cord-298403-ilpzj2sv.txt