AGGRAVATION OF COVID 19 INFECTION SECONDARY TO SURGERY

Patients with COVID-19 who have underwentsurgery have high rates of mortality and complications includingincreasedrespiratorydistress, bacterialinfections, pneumothorax and multi-visceralfailure. Pneumomedistinis a rare complication. Surgical indications in COVID-19 patients shouldbediscussed in a multidisciplinary consultation meeting, considering the presenceof comorbidities and the availability of therapeutic alternatives. We report the case ofa 43-year-old womanpresentingwith COVID-19 infection, whounderwent a cholecystectomywith post-operative complications.