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cord-310917-9sk8gdh8	Ahmed, Kamran	Global challenges to urology practice during the COVID‐19 pandemic	2020-05-15		.txt	text/plain	984	59	50	Since the first report of coronavirus commonly termed as COVID-19 in China, it has progressed into a pandemic and Italy has been one of the countries worst hit. As more anaesthetists, theatre staff and ventilators are drafted in to support intensive care facilities many non-oncological urgent urological procedures may have to be carried out under local anaesthesia, as normally done for high-risk patients not able to go under general anaesthetic [4, 5] . Urological oncological diseases and obstructive uropathies will inevitably get priority in times of reduced operating theatre availability and outpatient procedures. A 5-point scale for surgical priority tiers has been developed by the Cleveland Clinic Urology Department ranging from 'score 0' emergency (for example testicular torsion) to 'score 4' non-essential procedures such as living-donor renal transplantations [6] , more general guidance is shown in • Only urgent procedures, assessment for COVID-19 should be carried out, reduce chances of the need for postsurgery critical care.	./cache/cord-310917-9sk8gdh8.txt	./txt/cord-310917-9sk8gdh8.txt