COMMENT
SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has a great impact in all medical fields and the paper of Anjos Silva and Collegues from Brazil (11. Silva GCDA, Abe DK, Pedrenho R Neto, Vilares RN, Cordeiro MD, Coelho RF, et al. Evaluation of uro-oncological surgical treatment during the Sars-CoV-2 pandemic in a Brazilian tertiary oncology institution, the new world epicenter. Int Braz J Urol. 2021;47:378-85.) shows interesting data about surgery in patients with urological tumors. Previous studies shows that SARS-CoV-2 changes the urologic practice in several fields (22. Lauxmann MA, Santucci NE, Autrán-Gómez AM. The SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus and the COVID-19 Outbreak. Int Braz J Urol. 2020;46(suppl.1):6-18.
3. Chen W, Wang XM, Fu GQ, Fu GQ, Zeng X, Wu CP, et al. Special strategies and management of urological diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic: initial experiences from a Medical Center of China. Int Braz J Urol. 2020;46(suppl.1):19-25.
4. Esperto F, Papalia R, Autrán-Gómez AM, Scarpa RM. COVID-19’s Impact on Italian Urology. Int Braz J Urol. 2020;46(suppl.1):26-33.-55. Sanchez LR, Cathelineau X, Pinto AMA, Borque-Fernando á, Gil MJ, Yee CH, et al. Clinical and Surgical Assistance in Prostate Cancer during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implementation of assistance protocols. Int Braz J Urol. 2020;46(suppl.1):50-61.), but the treatment of urological tumors during the outbreak has specially importance (66. Zequi SC, Abreu D. Consideration in the management of renal cell carcinoma during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Int Braz J Urol. 2020;46(suppl.1):69-78.
7. Casco NC, Carmona MJ, Soto ÁJ. Therapeutic and Surgical Indications for Patients with Penile Cancer in the COVID-19 era. Int Braz J Urol. 2020;46(suppl.1):86-92.-88. Zampolli HC, Rodriguez AR. Laparoscopic and Robotic Urology Surgery during Global Pandemic COVID19. Int Braz J Urol. 2020;46(suppl.1):215-21.).
In this interesting paper the authors studied if uro-oncological surgeries at pandemic are safe in a cohort of 213 patients (161 patients were submitted to elective surgery and 44 to emergency surgery) in a reference hospital in Brazil and concluded that Elective uro-oncological procedures at the COVID-19 epidemic period in a COVID-19-free Institute are safe, and patients who need urgent procedures, with a long period of hospitalization, need special care to avoid COVID-19 infection and its outcomes.
We would like to congratulate the authors by the interesting and important report in this paper.
REFERENCES
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1Silva GCDA, Abe DK, Pedrenho R Neto, Vilares RN, Cordeiro MD, Coelho RF, et al. Evaluation of uro-oncological surgical treatment during the Sars-CoV-2 pandemic in a Brazilian tertiary oncology institution, the new world epicenter. Int Braz J Urol. 2021;47:378-85.
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2Lauxmann MA, Santucci NE, Autrán-Gómez AM. The SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus and the COVID-19 Outbreak. Int Braz J Urol. 2020;46(suppl.1):6-18.
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3Chen W, Wang XM, Fu GQ, Fu GQ, Zeng X, Wu CP, et al. Special strategies and management of urological diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic: initial experiences from a Medical Center of China. Int Braz J Urol. 2020;46(suppl.1):19-25.
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4Esperto F, Papalia R, Autrán-Gómez AM, Scarpa RM. COVID-19’s Impact on Italian Urology. Int Braz J Urol. 2020;46(suppl.1):26-33.
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5Sanchez LR, Cathelineau X, Pinto AMA, Borque-Fernando á, Gil MJ, Yee CH, et al. Clinical and Surgical Assistance in Prostate Cancer during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implementation of assistance protocols. Int Braz J Urol. 2020;46(suppl.1):50-61.
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6Zequi SC, Abreu D. Consideration in the management of renal cell carcinoma during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Int Braz J Urol. 2020;46(suppl.1):69-78.
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7Casco NC, Carmona MJ, Soto ÁJ. Therapeutic and Surgical Indications for Patients with Penile Cancer in the COVID-19 era. Int Braz J Urol. 2020;46(suppl.1):86-92.
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8Zampolli HC, Rodriguez AR. Laparoscopic and Robotic Urology Surgery during Global Pandemic COVID19. Int Braz J Urol. 2020;46(suppl.1):215-21.
Publication Dates
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Publication in this collection
05 Feb 2021 -
Date of issue
Mar-Apr 2021
History
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Received
22 Oct 2020 -
Accepted
01 Nov 2020