Thoracic Surgery Procedures in COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Report of Traumatic Hemothorax

Abstract

During the coronavirus pandemic period, many urgent surgical procedures continued to be performed. Protecting health workers and minimizing contagiousness during surgical procedures and during the follow-up of patients played a key role in the fight against the pandemic. In this study, it is aimed to share the thoracic surgical procedures applied to haemothorax in a patient with a positive polymerase chain reaction test who had thoracic trauma.

Keywords

• COVID-19
• haemothorax
• thoracic surgery
• HEPA filter

COVID-19 Pandemisi Döneminde Göğüs Cerrahisi Uygulamaları: Travmatik Hemotoraks Olgu Sunumu

Öz

Koronavirüs pandemisi döneminde birçok acil cerrahi işlem yapılmaya devam etti. Cerrahi işlemler sırasında ve hastaların takibi sırasında sağlık çalışanlarının korunması ve bulaşıcılığın en aza indirilmesi pandemi ile mücadelede kilit rol oynamıştır. Bu çalışmada, toraks travması geçiren ve polimeraz zincir reaksiyonu testi pozitif olan bir hastada hemotoraksa uygulanan torasik cerrahi prosedürlerin paylaşılması amaçlanmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• COVID-19
• hemotoraks
• göğüs cerrahisi
• HEPA filtre

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