COVID-19 outbreak and endoscopy: Considerations in patients encountered in a foregut surgery practice

Table 1 Foregut surgeon endoscopic procedures

	Action	Examples
Elective procedures	Postpone	New patient, GERD workup
		Post-operative evaluation
		Baseline gastroparesis
Urgent procedures	Consider postponing	Diagnosed cancer with symptoms
Not life threatening		Possible esophageal or gastric cancer
But potential for future		Worsening dysphagia
Morbidity and mortality		Worsening gastroparesis
Emergent procedures	Do not postpone	Esophageal obstruction
Life threatening		Esophageal perforation
		Upper gastrointestinal bleeding

GERD: Gastroesophageal reflux disease.