id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-342947-dhe31r3a Li, Xin Preliminary recommendations for lung surgery during COVID‐19 epidemic period 2020-04-14 .txt text/plain 2107 103 51 After SARS-CoV-2 infection has been excluded and space-occupying lesions in the lungs confirmed by computed tomography (CT) scan, they could be transferred to thoracic surgery for further diagnosis and treatment. • For peripheral solid nodules with a diameter of less than 3 cm considered as malignant lesions by PET-CT or percutaneous pulmonary puncture biopsy, short-term regular follow-up (once a month) can be recommended during the outbreak prevention and control period. 3 Therefore, we suggest that during the epidemic prevention and control period, whether the patient has pure GGNs, mixed GGNs or multiple GGNs (SARS-CoV-2 infection should be excluded for multiple GGNs), follow-up re-examination should be the main recommendation, and surgery should not be carried out. For patients undergoing emergency thoracic surgery, if the symptoms mentioned above occur, isolation measures should be taken during the operation, and the possibility of SARS-CoV-2 latent infection should be eliminated without delay. Preliminary recommendations for lung surgery during 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic period ./cache/cord-342947-dhe31r3a.txt ./txt/cord-342947-dhe31r3a.txt