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Plan To ‘Reopen’ America Gradually Allows Return Of Elective Orthopedic, Colon, Eye Surgeries

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• By Sue Darcey

Under guidelines recently unveiled by President Trump, US health care facilities could gradually start phasing-in more elective surgeries, including commonly performed operations that were postponed due the COVID-19 outbreak – many of which involve extensive device use. Elective surgeries include orthopedic joint replacement procedures, colonoscopies and cataract-correcting procedures that could resume as early as May under Trump’s plan.

Medical illustration of the implantation of the bone joints in the human skeleton. Layout of implants, artificial joints, in different parts of the human body
Hospitals may start rescheduling elective surgeries they postponed in March and April, said US President Donald Trump in his plan to restart American businesses

US President Donald Trump recently issued a plan and recommendations for normalizing American life amid the coronavirus outbreak. Called “Opening Up America Again,” the effort includes a phased-in approach from the administration as to when elective surgeries can resume.

As a general rule of thumb, elective surgeries – which were delayed or canceled over the past two months so...

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