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cord-350529-yqtu059x	Evans, Samantha	Implementation of a clinical pathway for the surgical treatment of colorectal cancer during the COVID‐19 pandemic	2020-07-12		.txt	text/plain	1927	113	49	INTRODUCTION: This report summarises the early experience of implementing elective colorectal cancer surgery during the COVID‐19 pandemic METHODS: A pathway to minimize the risk of including COVID‐19 positive patients for elective surgery was established. The safe implementation of colorectal cancer surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic is challenging due to restriction [i.e. hospital and intensive care unit (ICU) beds], staff shortages (i.e. anaesthetists, ICU personnel), health and safety of the operating room team members, and the concerns of postoperative COVID-19-associated complications and mortality (1) . To maximise the accuracy of testing, multiple test methods were employed: 1) during a telephone clinic patients were asked about any COVID-19 related symptoms, 2) asymptomatic patients were swabbed for PCR testing in a dedicated clinic room through a separate entrance from the main hospital, 3) the day before the planned operation a CT thorax was performed at the independent radiology institute.	./cache/cord-350529-yqtu059x.txt	./txt/cord-350529-yqtu059x.txt