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    Esther Choo MD MPH‏Verified account @choo_ek 15 Nov 2020

    Esther Choo MD MPH Retweeted Matthew Levine MDPhD

    Canceling “elective” surgeries sounds like we’re putting off minor cosmetic procedures. That’s not it. We’re canceling critically important surgeries to conserve hospital beds and other resources. They’re still important.https://twitter.com/LevineTxpSurg/status/1328020277054287872 …

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    Matthew Levine MDPhD @LevineTxpSurg
    Replying to @choo_ek
    “Elective” surgery shutdown looming all over the country where it isn’t already happening. Elective surgery involving such minor things as “cancer” and “transplant”. Definitely worth it to keep indoor gatherings going.
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      1. Kat Bridges‏ @katbridges 15 Nov 2020
        Replying to @choo_ek

        Yep. Folks not in healthcare seem to make the assumption that "elective" means "frivolous" when it really means "you probably won't die this month if we don't do it."

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      2. Balgor‏ @Balgor11 15 Nov 2020
        Replying to @choo_ek

        Elective surgeries are things like back surgery that relieve debilitating pain. It’s “elective” bc without it the patient won’t die in the near term.

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      3. ??????????????‏ @secondchances09 15 Nov 2020
        Replying to @Balgor11 @choo_ek

        Not necessarily My daughter's liver surgery is "elective" but she's always at risk for bleeding to death if one of her lesions ruptures, which they're lesions that are known to spontaneously rupture so until the surgery happens she's always at risk of dying in the near term

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      1. Priya Radhakrishnan‏ @DocPhx 15 Nov 2020
        Replying to @choo_ek

        Absolutely- #elective surgeries include #cancer #heartdisease #vascular surgery - and so many more -all can have disastrous life threatening consequences if delayed . I scheduled my #mammogram and now am second guessing - but am already months late and will do it

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      2. karla‏ @karla_kingsbury 15 Nov 2020
        Replying to @choo_ek

        Elective really just means scheduled.

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      3. Capt. USS Botany Bay‏ @FullPowerDamnU 15 Nov 2020
        Replying to @karla_kingsbury @choo_ek

        Not really. I had gangrene on my heel. My scheduled surgery to debreed the wound was medically necessary for me to not have my foot amputated.

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      1. Katherine Wiggins (YInMn Blue)‏ @fiddlesix 15 Nov 2020
        Replying to @choo_ek

        I had rotator cuff repair surgery done in late October. The orthopedist said I could wait another few weeks to let a broken bone heal more. Glad now I chose to proceed then...

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      1. Jeff Matthews MD‏Verified account @JBMatthews 15 Nov 2020
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        See for example our paper from earlier in the year about the ethical challenges of triaging medically necessary time sensitive surgical procedures. https://www.journalacs.org/article/S1072-7515(20)30317-3/abstract …

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      1. Buxaroo Danger‏ @Trashy_In_Pink 15 Nov 2020
        Replying to @choo_ek @KatWithSword

        I wonder where gender confirming surgery falls on that spectrum, does anyone know?

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      2. George Samaras‏ @gmsamaras 15 Nov 2020
        Replying to @choo_ek

        Then what is the justification for cancelling or delaying them? We have some ability to test for infection, so it can’t be to protect health care workers. Why should infected patients get priority? Is it just political?

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      3. ChristineMoreSo‏ @Christi46201619 15 Nov 2020
        Replying to @gmsamaras @choo_ek

        It’s called triage. “You’re likely to die within days without treatment? You get in.” “You’re not likely to die within days without treatment? We have no room for you. Come back when you are.”

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