elective surgery guidelines during covid-19 pandemic: a current literature review

Background: the primary purpose of this literature review is to investigate different views of elective surgery management during the covid-19 pandemic. in other words, the guidelines about diseases prevention and their proper management during performing elective surgeries have been reviewed.materials and methods: current articles related to covid-19 and practicing elective surgeries in different remarkable endnote x8 database journals in 2020 were retrieved. all articles referring to covid-19 precaution rules in implementing elective surgeries were integrated into the article's main goals.results: all reviews showed alarming guideline steps that should be taken for validated preventing and managing elective surgeries practiced during the covid-19 pandemic. emphasizing qualified elective surgery protocols were quoted in many articles to do elective surgeries with successful results. conclusion: taking effective and evidencebased steps in patients` selection, precautions, and hospitals` safety cares result in protective surgical results. elective surgeries should be practiced in highly-equipped hospitals with extraordinary quarantine measures during a covid-19 pandemic. safety measures are the primary goal for patients, staff, surgeons, and other health providers before surgeons get involved with any elective surgeries during the covid-19 pandemic. questions of how different elective surgical operations are planned during the covid-19 pandemic are essential controversies. as no clear answers are found to questions of how elective surgeries can be practiced during a covid-19 pandemic, specific rules issued by the world's most authentic surgical associations have been adopted by surgeons to operate elective surgeries.