Abstract:During the COVID-19 pandemic, all elective surgeries, except emergency surgeries and surgeries for patients with malignancy, were postponed. In this study, patients who presented to the thoracic surgery clinic of our hospital during and those who presented before the COVID-19 pandemic were compared, and changes in characteristics of the patients presenting to the thoracic surgery clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic were investigated.Material and Method: Age, gender, and reason for admission to the hospital wer… Show more
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