Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Therapy

Once Upon a Time: Vascular Surgery and COVID-19

Humanity is fighting the most severe health crisis in its history since the Spanish flu nearly 100 years ago. Indeed, COVID-19 has affected more than 14,000,000 patients and more than 590,000 have died worldwide. Remote consultation and telemedicine were highly developed during this period of COVID-19. In contrast, all elective activity dropped drastically. This brief communication summarizes our experience during this health crisis and looks to the future in the presence of the beginnings of a second wave of COVID-19 infection.

Author(s):

Bessem Gara Ali, Afif Ghassani, Jean-Pierre Becquemin

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