@article {20340,
	title = {EAES Recommendations for Recovery Plan in Minimally Invasive Surgery Amid COVID-19 Pandemic},
	journal = {Surg EndoscSurg EndoscSurg Endosc},
	volume = {35},
	number = {1},
	year = {2021},
	note = {1432-2218Arezzo, AlbertoOrcid: 0000-0002-2110-4082Francis, NaderMintz, YoavAdamina, MichelAntoniou, Stavros ABouvy, NicoleCopaescu, Catalinde Manzini, Nicol{\`o}Di Lorenzo, NicolaMorales-Conde, SalvadorM{\"u}ller-Stich, Beat PNickel, FelixPopa, DorinTait, DianaThomas, CenyddNimmo, SusanParaskevis, DimitriosPietrabissa, AndreaEAES Group of Experts for Recovery Amid COVID-19 PandemicConsensus Development ConferenceJournal ArticlePractice GuidelineResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov{\textquoteright}tSurg Endosc. 2021 Jan;35(1):1-17. doi: 10.1007/s00464-020-08131-0. Epub 2020 Nov 10.},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {1-17},
	edition = {2020/11/11},
	abstract = {BACKGROUND: COVID-19 pandemic presented an unexpected challenge for the surgical community in general and Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) specialists in particular. This document aims to summarize recent evidence and experts{\textquoteright} opinion and formulate recommendations to guide the surgical community on how to best organize the recovery plan for surgical activity across different sub-specialities after the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: Recommendations were developed through a Delphi process for establishment of expert consensus. Domain topics were formulated and subsequently subdivided into questions pertinent to different surgical specialities following the COVID-19 crisis. Sixty-five experts from 24 countries, representing the entire EAES board, were invited. Fifty clinicians and six engineers accepted the invitation and drafted statements based on specific key questions. Anonymous voting on the statements was performed until consensus was achieved, defined by at least 70\% agreement. RESULTS: A total of 92 consensus statements were formulated with regard to safe resumption of surgery across eight domains, addressing general surgery, upper GI, lower GI, bariatrics, endocrine, HPB, abdominal wall and technology/research. The statements addressed elective and emergency services across all subspecialties with specific attention to the role of MIS during the recovery plan. Eighty-four of the statements were approved during the first round of Delphi voting (91.3\%) and another 8 during the following round after substantial modification, resulting in a 100\% consensus. CONCLUSION: The recommendations formulated by the EAES board establish a framework for resumption of surgery following COVID-19 pandemic with particular focus on the role of MIS across surgical specialities. The statements have the potential for wide application in the clinical setting, education activities and research work across different healthcare systems.},
	keywords = {*Covid-19, *COVID-19/epidemiology/prevention \& control, *Delphi consensus, *EAES guidance, *Minimally invasive surgery, *Priority, Antoniou, Nicole Bouvy, Catalin Copaescu, Nicol{\`o} de Manzini, Nicola Di Lorenzo,, Cenydd Thomas, Susan Nimmo Dimitrios Paraskevis Andrea Pietrabissa have no conflict, consultant for Karl Storz, BBraun and Medrobotics. Nader Francis has financial, Delphi Technique, disclosures unrelated to this manuscript being consultant for Pharmacozmos, Fisher \&, Elective Surgical Procedures/methods/standards, Emergencies, Global Health, Health Care Rationing/standards, Health Services Accessibility/standards, Humans, Infection Control/methods/*standards, Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures/methods/*standards, of interest or financial ties to disclose., Pandemics, Paykel Healthcare, Medtronic and Olympus. Yoav Mintz, Michel Adamina, Stavros A, Salvador Morales-Conde, Beat P M{\"u}ller-Stich, Felix Nickel, Dorin Popa, Diana Tait,, SARS-CoV-2},
	isbn = {0930-2794 (Print)0930-2794},
	author = {Arezzo, A. and Francis, N. and Mintz, Y. and Adamina, M. and Antoniou, S. A. and Bouvy, N. and Copaescu, C. and de Manzini, N. and Di Lorenzo, N. and Morales-Conde, S. and M{\"u}ller-Stich, B. P. and Nickel, F. and Popa, D. and Tait, D. and Thomas, C. and Nimmo, S. and Paraskevis, D and Pietrabissa, A.}
}
