COVID-19 Pandemic: A Surgical Perspective from Japan

Authors

  • Pramod Nepal Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medicine, Kagoshima, Japan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3376-239X
  • Saseem Poudel Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
  • Narendra Maharjan Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal

Keywords:

COVID-19, Japan, Pandemic

Abstract

Japan reported its first COVID-19 case after a returnee from Wuhan, China tested positive for the virus on 16 January, 2020. On April 8, the Japanese government declared emergency in Tokyo and six other prefectures of the country; a nationwide emergency was declared on April 16. The total reported cases were 15,477 and total deaths 755 as of May 7, 2020.

Japan Surgical Society (JSS) and Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery (JSGS) have published recommendations for surgery and appropriate measures of safety. Patients are triaged based on the severity of their disease and level of outbreak. The Elective Surgery Acuity Scale (ESAS) by American College of Surgeons is recommended to triage the patients. The guidelines consider the risk of infection during the interventions that generate aerosol such as tracheal intubation, extubation, tracheostomy, mask ventilation, bronchoscopy,
chest drainage, gastrointestinal endoscopy etc.

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Author Biographies

Pramod Nepal, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medicine, Kagoshima, Japan

Resident, Department of Digestive Surgery, Breast and Thyroid Surgery

Saseem Poudel, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan

Department of Gastroenterological Surgery and General Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Steel Memorial Muroran Hospital

Narendra Maharjan, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal

Resident, MCh GI Surgery

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Published

2020-05-22

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Nepal, P., Poudel, S., & Maharjan, N. (2020). COVID-19 Pandemic: A Surgical Perspective from Japan. Journal of Lumbini Medical College, 8(1), 119–120. Retrieved from https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JLMC/article/view/40727

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2020)

Section

Perspectives

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