ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Diagnosis and treatment of acute surgical diseases in patients with COVID-19

Vechorko VI, Anosov VD, Silaev BV
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Filatov City Clinical Hospital № 15, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Borislav V. Silaev
Veshnyakovskaya, 23, Moscow, 111539; ur.xednay@vealisrd

About paper

Compliance with ethical standards: all patients submitted the informed consent to personal data processing and surgical treatment. When it was not possible to obtain the patient’s informed consent due to the severity of the disease, a consultation was issued in accordance with the Ethics Committee requirements and local regulations.

Author contribution: all authors made an equal contribution to study planning, hospital management, data acquisition and summarizing, as well as to manuscript writing.

Received: 2020-06-15 Accepted: 2020-06-22 Published online: 2020-06-29
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