Unraveling the role of palliative surgery in the era of COVID-19 pandemic

Raghav Gupta, AR Karthik, Kanika Rustagi, Nishkarsh Gupta, Sandeep Bhoriwal, Vinod Kumar, Rakesh Garg, Seema MishraIndian Journal of Palliative Care 2020 26(5):153-155 Palliative surgery forms an important pillar of palliative treatment to provide holistic care to cancer patients in the form of providing relief from pain, local control of disease, hemorrhage, and for the purpose of rehabilitation. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we report the successful management of two cases of colorectal cancer which came under the category of high priority and underwent palliative surgery to provide relief from pain.
Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Source Type: research