Before and after COVID‐19 pandemic: impact on hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgical services in a Singapore Tertiary Hospital
Joshua S. H. Lim,
Zavier Yongxuan Lim,
Zhe Hao Timothy Teo
et al.
Abstract:BackgroundReallocation of healthcare resources to prioritize the COVID‐19 pandemic‐related incremental healthcare needs resulted in longer waiting times for routine elective clinical services.AimsWe aimed to analyze the effects of the pandemic on the hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) unit's surgical workload.MethodsThe HPB unit's surgical workload for the months of January‐June from 2019 to 2022 was extracted, retrospectively compared, and analyzed. This study was registered in ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05572866) and … Show more
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