How to Face with Minimally Invasive Abdominal Surgery During Covid-19 Outbreak? Surgical and Anesthesiological Concerns

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COVID-19 outbreak has profoundly changed both management and schedule of surgical patients by reducing elective cases and reserving priority only to high-risk classes, such as oncological and emergency surgery. Notwithstanding the introduction of new protocols, evidences still claim debate and also surgical approaches, especially minimally invasive surgery, are currently being investigated as potential biohazard. Purpose of this article is to provide some clarifications and to envisage some recommendations aiming to minimize the theoretical risk of technical-related diffusion.