Background:The Mexican Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (AMHPB) conducted a survey, aiming to gather experience and opinions of HPB surgeons about HPB surgery in the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic year. Methods: An online survey was conducted (33 items: demographics, patient referral, COVID-19 screening and limitations, hospital occupancy and surgical practice) to AMHPB members and attendees of the previous meetings of the Society through a self-administered questionnaire. Answers were excluded if respondents were not from Latin America. Results: 88 participants answered (47.5 ± 10 years, 94% male and 65.9% Mexicans). About 8% worked in COVID-19 converted hospitals. About 1.1% did not perform pre-operative COVID-19 testing. Polymerase chain reaction (33%) was the most common COVID-19 pre-operative test. The number of patient referrals decreased 62.5%. About 29.5% had one patient who died from COVID-19 during preoperative surgical evaluation. About 64.7% answered that surgical case volume decreased. About 17% and 23% respondents considered that surgical morbidity and mortality increased, respectively. Hospital resources and COVID-19 infection were responsible for change in surgical outcomes. Lack of ICU beds (54%) was the most common cause of surgical cancellation. Conclusion: COVID-19 had a strong negative impact on HPB surgery in Mexico and Latin America in terms of patient reference, case volume and surgical outcomes.
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