Love (Pancreatic Surgery) in the Time of Cholera (COVID-19)

Dear Editor,As of April 4, the Italian Health Ministry reports more than 120,000 total cases and 15,000 deaths from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) nationwide [1]. Because of the striking and often unforeseeable rapidity of respiratory deterioration, about 10–25% of hospitalized patients require invasive ventilation [2]. This has led to an unprecedented challenge for healthcare providers, especially in northern Italy, the nation’s center of...