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cord-321631-ip6tt81e	Brown, Jubilee	Surgical Decision Making in the Era of COVID-19: A New Set of Rules	2020-04-03		.txt	text/plain	947	54	61	As we determine how to pivot our practices in this rapidly changing environment, the issues of who should have surgery and how it should be performed have become key. Based on the suggestion that viruses can remain infectious and become dispersed in a plume of aerosolized smoke or steam, we have had to examine the available data and determine if that risk is greater with minimally invasive surgery or laparotomy [1] . In this issue, Morris et al take the stand that minimally invasive surgery provides superior patient outcomes, more rapid patient healing, and the risks to staff can be mitigated by patient triage and by modifications to operative technique [2] . No matter the route of surgery, practice universal COVID precautions without venting pneumoperitoneum into the room and suctioning the plume with a closed filtration system whether open or minimally invasive surgery is performed. Joint Statement in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery During the COVID-19	./cache/cord-321631-ip6tt81e.txt	./txt/cord-321631-ip6tt81e.txt