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cord-309482-frawgvk7	Cook, T. M.	Kicking on while it’s still kicking off – getting surgery and anaesthesia restarted after COVID‐19	2020-06-01		.txt	text/plain	2666	140	51	Together, these actions have enabled treatment of all those needing hospital care for COVID-19 and avoided the unfettered increase in mortality that would have accompanied an overwhelmed healthcare service. Meticulous pre-operative patient isolation for 14 days combined with antigen testing, that is, detecting viral RNA with reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests and ensuring no symptoms or pyrexia in the last week is recommended by many, and aims to deliver a patient who is not infected or incubating COVID-19. The prolonged, variable incubation period, the potential to infect while asymptomatic, unreliable antigen tests and extended duration of viral shedding mean that isolation and screening based on symptoms and antigen tests, while reassuring and pragmatic, will not guarantee a COVID-19-free patient. Repatriation of these key elements to their proper places in peri-operative pathways is a prerequisite to any return to pre-pandemic levels of planned surgery. Guidance for Pre-Operative Chest CT imaging for elective cancer surgery during the COVID-19 Pandemic Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh	./cache/cord-309482-frawgvk7.txt	./txt/cord-309482-frawgvk7.txt