Doglietto F, Vezzoli M, Gheza F, et al. - Researchers examined if and how coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is correlated with early surgical mortality and complications. They conducted a matched cohort study in the general, vascular and thoracic surgery, orthopedic, and neurosurgery units of Spedali Civili Hospital (Brescia, Italy) incorporating patients who underwent surgical treatment from February 23 to April 1, 2020, and had positive test results for COVID-19 either before or within 1 week after surgery. Assessment of 41 surgical patients with COVID-19 and 82 tightly matched control patients without COVID-19 was done in this cohort study. Outcomes revealed higher surgical mortality and complications in patients with COVID-19 compared with those without COVID-19. Hence, they emphasize postponing surgery in patients with COVID-19, whenever possible, .