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cord-281656-8anh8rhm	Pata, Francesco	Authors' response: Laparoscopy and COVID-19: An off-key song?	2020-07-01		.txt	text/plain	1772	90	46	At our knowledge, up until now, only one article demonstrated the presence of HBV in the surgical smoke in 10 of 11 HBV-positive patients undergoing laparoscopic or robotic surgery. Despite HIVand HBV being blood-borne viruses, laparoscopic surgery is being performed in HIV and HBV patients for many years, and no clear demonstration is available of viral transmission through the pneumoperitoneum or surgical smoke. For these reasons, we do not believe that results from the available literature can be extrapolated to the COVID-19 pandemic as to justify the current too restrictive guidelines on laparoscopic surgery against the evident and well-known and evidence-based advantages of laparoscopy with respect to the open approach in many fields of surgery. Thus, treating by laparotomy a reduced number of high-priority elective cases and surgical emergencies (sometimes failures of nonoperative management and, then, associated with a nonnegligible risk of conversion) may represent the safest option for patients, health workers, and system sustainability during the critical periods of COVID-19 outbreak.	./cache/cord-281656-8anh8rhm.txt	./txt/cord-281656-8anh8rhm.txt