Surgery for pancreatic tumors in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic

Table 1 COVID-19 phases in hospital or healthcare systems

Phase 0: No COVID-19 patients, hospital works as normal

Phase 1: Semi-Urgent Setting. Few COVID-19 patients, hospital resources not exhausted, institution has still enough ICU ventilator capacity and COVID case trajectory not in the rapid escalation phase

Phase 2: Urgent Setting. Many COVID-19 Patients, ICU beds and ventilator capacity limited, OR supplies limited or COVID case trajectory within the hospital in rapidly escalating phase

Phase 3: Emergent setting. All hospital resources devoted to COVID-19 patients, no ventilator, ICU beds, OR supplies exhausted

ICU: Intensive care unit; OR: Operation room.