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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Arezzo, Alberto author Francis, Nader author Mintz, Yoav author Adamina, Michel author Antoniou, Stavros A. author Bouvy, Nicole author Copaescu, Catalin author de Manzini, Nicolò author Di Lorenzo, Nicola author Morales Conde, Salvador author Müller-Stich, Beat P. author Nickel, Felix author Popa, Dorin author Tait, Diana author Thomas, Cenydd author Nimmo, Susan author Paraskevis, Dimitrios author Pietrabissa, Andrea author Eck, Muriel author Letić, Emina author Preda, Silviu Daniel author Tsai, Alice author Malanowska, Ewelina author Lesko, Dusan author Majewski, Wlodzimierz author Baldari, Ludovica author Morelli, Luca author Shamiyeh, Andreas author Faria, Gil author Carrano, Francesco Maria author Mysliwiec, Piotr author Ahlberg, Gunnar author Cassinotti, Elisa author Delibegović, Samir author Martinek, Lubomír author Yiannakopoulou, Eugenia author Gorter-Stam, Marguerite author Hanna, George author Fuchs, Hans author Bjelovic, Miloš author Markar, Sheraz author Yan, Philip Wai author Chiu, Bang author Ecom, Bang Wool author Kim, Young-Woo author Balagué Ponz, Carmen author Schijven, Marlies author Boni, Luigi author Carus, Thomas author Theodoropoulos, George author Forgione, Antonello author Milone, Marco author Petz, Luisa Wanda Rita author Andrejevic, Predag author Ignjatovic, Dejan author Arulampalam, Thanjakumar author Campbell, Kenneth author Chand, Manish author Coleman, Mark author Kontovounisios, Christos author Sagiv, Chen author Ficuciello, Fanny author Marconi, Stefania author Mascagni, Pietro author Nakajima, Kiyokazu author Sánchez Margallo, Francisco Miguel author Horeman, Tim author Mylonas, George author Valdastri, Pietro author 2021 Background: COVID-19 pandemic presented an unexpected challenge for the surgical community in general and Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) specialists in particular. This document aims to summarize recent evidence and experts' opinion and formulate recommendations to guide the surgical community on how to best organize the recovery plan for surgical activity across different sub-specialities after the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Recommendations were developed through a Delphi process for establishment of expert consensus. Domain topics were formulated and subsequently subdivided into questions pertinent to different surgical specialities following the COVID-19 crisis. Sixty-five experts from 24 countries, representing the entire EAES board, were invited. Fifty clinicians and six engineers accepted the invitation and drafted statements based on specific key questions. Anonymous voting on the statements was performed until consensus was achieved, defined by at least 70% agreement. Results: A total of 92 consensus statements were formulated with regard to safe resumption of surgery across eight domains, addressing general surgery, upper GI, lower GI, bariatrics, endocrine, HPB, abdominal wall and technology/research. The statements addressed elective and emergency services across all subspecialties with specific attention to the role of MIS during the recovery plan. Eighty-four of the statements were approved during the first round of Delphi voting (91.3%) and another 8 during the following round after substantial modification, resulting in a 100% consensus. Conclusion: The recommendations formulated by the EAES board establish a framework for resumption of surgery following COVID-19 pandemic with particular focus on the role of MIS across surgical specialities. The statements have the potential for wide application in the clinical setting, education activities and research work across different healthcare systems. COVID-19 Delphi consensus EAES guidance Priority Minimally invasive surgery EAES Recommendations for Recovery Plan in Minimally Invasive Surgery Amid COVID-19 Pandemic