Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endo Surgeons COVID-19 endoscopy recommendations

Easwaramoorthy Sundaram; Kanagavel Manickavasagam; Ramen Goel; Khanna Subhash; Kanagaraj Govindaraj; Krishna Rau Bhimanakunte; Satyapriya DeSarkar; Vijay Borgoankar; Vipulroy Rathod

doi:10.4103/jmas.JMAS_92_20

Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endo Surgeons COVID-19 endoscopy recommendations

J Minim Access Surg. 2020 Jul-Sep;16(3):201-205. doi: 10.4103/jmas.JMAS_92_20.

Authors

Easwaramoorthy Sundaram¹, Kanagavel Manickavasagam², Ramen Goel², Khanna Subhash², Kanagaraj Govindaraj², Krishna Rau Bhimanakunte², Satyapriya DeSarkar², Vijay Borgoankar², Vipulroy Rathod²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Minimal Access Surgery, Lotus Hospital, Erode, Tamil Nadu, India.
² Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endo Surgeons, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Abstract

These are recommendations from the Indian Association of Gastro Intestinal Endo Surgeons for safe performance of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; elective endoscopy; emergency endoscopy; endoscopy disinfection; flexible endoscopy; informed consent; practice guidelines.