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COVID-19 pandemic and changes in the plastic surgery activity in a tertiary care centre in pondicherry

Shijina Koliyath1, Dr. Ravi Kumar Chittoria2, Saurabh Gupta3, Likhitha Reddy Chirra4, Padmalakshmi Bharathi Mohan5, Imran Pathan6, Neljo Thomas7, Nishad K8, Daisy Loyola9, Mohamed Ishaq Z10

  1. 1 Senior Resident Department of Plastic Surgery JIPMER Pondicherry India-605006
  2. 2 Professor & Head Department of Plastic Surgery & IT Wing JIPMER Pondicherry-605006 India (corresponding author)
  3. 3 Senior Resident Department of Plastic Surgery JIPMER Pondicherry India-605006
  4. 4 Senior Resident Department of Plastic Surgery JIPMER Pondicherry - 605006
  5. 5 Senior Resident Department of Plastic Surgery JIPMER Pondicherry
  6. 6 Senior Resident Department of Plastic Surgery JIPMER Pondicherry India-605006
  7. 7 Senior Resident Department Of Plastic Surgery, JIPMER Pondicherry India-605006
  8. 8 Senior Resident Department Of Plastic Surgery, JIPMER Pondicherry India-605006
  9. 9 Observer, Department Of Plastic Surgery, JIPMER, Pondicherry.
  10. 10 MCA, Telemedicine Infrastructure and Network Administrator JIPMER Pondicherry India-605006

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4584520 · Published 2020-10-25 · pp. 10-15

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way plastic surgeons treat their patients. Lockdown was introduced and all elective surgeries were cancelled and only emergency procedures were done during the time of corona pandemic. Patients were followed up through telemedicine consultations using various mobile devices and web-based tools. Teaching programmes were also channelled through web-based tools in the form of webinars. Various measures were taken to uphold the norms of social distancing. Here we describe our experience regarding the way our department functioned at the time of corona pandemic.

KEYWORDS: COVID-19, Plastic Surgery

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