Lessons Learned from the Surgical Management of Childhood Cancers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Globally, there have been more than 285 million confirmed cases of coronavirus dis-ease 2019 (COVID-19), with nearly 5.5 million deaths. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data report that in the United States alone, there have been more than 59 million cases of COVID-19 with more than 800,000 lives lost as of January 2022. Similar to other health care specialties, pediatric surgery departments have modified their treat-ment approach to delivering timely care while respecting resource allocation during the pandemic. In this review, we focus on the surgical management of pediatric patients, with specific attention to childhood cancer. The primary subject of this review is the de-velopment of triaging methods for patients with childhood cancer for surgical proce-dures and precautionary measures for operating on patients with COVID-19. [Pediatr Ann. 2022;51():e270???e276.]