Recommendations of the Brazilian College of Surgeons for laparoscopic surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic/ Recomendacoes do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes para cirurgia videolaparoscopica durante a pandemia por COVID-19

During the current COVID-19 pandemic, the surgical community faces the possible risk of infection of health care professionals involved in the surgical procedure This leaves to concerns and questions referred to the most adequate surgical approach at this moment With the objective of guiding surgeons, and based in many different protocols published until now, the Brazilian College of surgeons brings recommendations about this subject The aim of this technical note is, trough a compilaton of publications and recommendations from Scientific Societies of Surgery worldwide, to provide guidelines regarding laparoscopic access during the COVID-19 pandemic Diante do quadro de pandemia da COVID-19, a comunidade cirurgica enfrenta o possivel risco de contagio de profissionais envolvidos no ato operatorio;gerando preocupacoes e duvidas referentes a escolha da via de acesso mais adequada nesse momento Com objetivo de orientar os cirurgioes, baseado em diversos protocolos publicados ate o momento, o Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes traz recomendacoes acerca deste assunto O objetivo desta nota tecnica e, atraves de uma compilacao de publicacoes e recomendacoes de Sociedades Cientificas de Cirurgia de todo mundo, trazer orientacoes relativas ao acesso laparoscopico durante a pandemia por COVID-19