COVID-19 and liver surgery in France, Italy, Japan, and the United States: A report of a single topic conference of Eastern and Western Association for Liver Tumors (EWALT) 2021

Kyoji Ito; Nobuyuki Takemura; Kiyoshi Hasegawa; Norihiro Kokudo

doi:10.35772/ghm.2021.01062

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COVID-19 and liver surgery in France, Italy, Japan, and the United States: A report of a single topic conference of Eastern and Western Association for Liver Tumors (EWALT) 2021

Kyoji Ito, Nobuyuki Takemura, Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Norihiro Kokudo

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Keywords: COVID-19, liver surgery, HPB surgery, EWALT

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Article ID: 2021.01062

DOI https://doi.org/10.35772/ghm.2021.01062

The final version of this article is now available: Vol. 3 (2021), No. 4 pp. 240-242

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Abstract

The Eastern and Western Association for Liver Tumors (EWALT) is an international association for clinical and basic scientists dedicated to worldwide study on hepatocellular carcinoma. A single topic conference of EWALT on "COVID-19 and Liver Surgery" was held online on April 23th, 2021. The presenters from France, Italy, Japan, and the United States, reported the current situation of COVID-19 in each country and the influence on the clinical practice and education in hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery. Here we would like to summarize the core of this single topic conference.

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