Impact of asymptomatic COVID-19 patients in global surgical practice during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Abstract

The rapid spread of COVID-19 has changed the global surgical care 1-3 . Patients infected with COVID-19 may present without typical symptoms, and such asymptomatic patients may potentially trigger in-hospital outbreaks by transmitting the disease to health care providers and other hospitalized patients 4, 5 . Further, asymptomatic COVID-19 patients have worse postoperative outcomes with an unexpectedly Table 1 Preoperatively asymptomatic COVID-19 patients by the countries' risk group Countries by risk group Overall High risk Int. risk Low risk

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