Surgical treatment of latent infection of 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) with esophageal foreign body perforation: A case report

VernacularTitle:新型冠状病毒（SARS-CoV-2）潜伏感染合并食管异物穿孔外科手术治疗一例
Author: TONG Song ¹ ; CHEN Zhuo ¹ ; WU Chuangyan ¹ ; XU Kaiying ¹ ; YANG Guanghai ¹ ; LIAO Yongde ¹ ; WANG Sihua ¹
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1. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, P.R.China
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection; esophageal foreign body perforation; surgical treatment
From: Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2020;27(03):240-242
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: This study reports the surgical treatment of a female patient at age of 64 years with novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) latent infection complicated with esophageal foreign body perforation with no significant changes in the lung CT. The patient was confirmed as SARS-CoV-2 infection on the 4th day after surgery and then was transferred into the Department of Infectious Disease in our hospital for treatment. This case has guiding value for the operation of thoracic surgery during the outbreak of novel coronavirus pneumonia.