<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Arezzo, A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Francis, N.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mintz, Y.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Adamina, M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antoniou, S. A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bouvy, N.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Copaescu, C.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">de Manzini, N.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Di Lorenzo, N.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Morales-Conde, S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Müller-Stich, B. P.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nickel, F.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Popa, D.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tait, D.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Thomas, C.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nimmo, S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Paraskevis, D</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pietrabissa, A.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">EAES Recommendations for Recovery Plan in Minimally Invasive Surgery Amid COVID-19 Pandemic</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Surg EndoscSurg EndoscSurg Endosc</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Surgical endoscopy</style></alt-title><short-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Surgical endoscopySurgical endoscopy</style></short-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*Covid-19</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*COVID-19/epidemiology/prevention &amp; control</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*Delphi consensus</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*EAES guidance</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*Minimally invasive surgery</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*Priority</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antoniou, Nicole Bouvy, Catalin Copaescu, Nicolò de Manzini, Nicola Di Lorenzo,</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cenydd Thomas, Susan Nimmo Dimitrios Paraskevis Andrea Pietrabissa have no conflict</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">consultant for Karl Storz, BBraun and Medrobotics. Nader Francis has financial</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Delphi Technique</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">disclosures unrelated to this manuscript being consultant for Pharmacozmos, Fisher &amp;</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Elective Surgical Procedures/methods/standards</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Emergencies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Global Health</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Health Care Rationing/standards</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Health Services Accessibility/standards</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Infection Control/methods/*standards</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures/methods/*standards</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">of interest or financial ties to disclose.</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pandemics</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Paykel Healthcare, Medtronic and Olympus. Yoav Mintz, Michel Adamina, Stavros A</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Salvador Morales-Conde, Beat P Müller-Stich, Felix Nickel, Dorin Popa, Diana Tait,</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SARS-CoV-2</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2021</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jan</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></number><edition><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2020/11/11</style></edition><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">35</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1-17</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">0930-2794 (Print)0930-2794</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">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' 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.</style></abstract><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">33170335</style></accession-num><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1432-2218Arezzo, AlbertoOrcid: 0000-0002-2110-4082Francis, NaderMintz, YoavAdamina, MichelAntoniou, Stavros ABouvy, NicoleCopaescu, Catalinde Manzini, NicolòDi Lorenzo, NicolaMorales-Conde, SalvadorMüller-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'tSurg Endosc. 2021 Jan;35(1):1-17. doi: 10.1007/s00464-020-08131-0. Epub 2020 Nov 10.</style></notes><custom2><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PMC7653984</style></custom2><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Torino, Corso AM Dogliotti 14, 10126, Torino, Italy. alberto.arezzo@unito.it.Department of General Surgery, Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Yeovil, UK.The Griffin Institute, The Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research, Northwick Park and St Marks Hospital, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex, London, HA1 3UJ, UK.Department of Surgery, Hadassah, Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.Department of Surgery, Clinic of Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, Cantonal Hospital Winterthur, Winterthur, 8401, Zurich, Switzerland.Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel, 4051, Basel, Switzerland.Medical School, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.Department of Surgery, Mediterranean Hospital of Cyprus, Limassol, Cyprus.Department of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands.Department of Gastrointestinal and Bariatric Surgery, Ponderas Academic Hospital, Bucharest, Romania.General Surgery Clinic, Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, University Hospital of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Rome &quot;Tor Vergata&quot;, Rome, Italy.Unit of Innovation in Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of General and Digestive Surgery, University Hospital &quot;Virgen del Rocio&quot;, University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.General Surgery, Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden.The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.Department of Radiology, Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Higher Kingston, Yeovil, UK.Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland.Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.Department of Surgery, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.</style></auth-address><remote-database-provider><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">NLM</style></remote-database-provider></record></records></xml>