EGS P21 A review of emergency laparoscopic cholecystectomies during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to pre-pandemic. Is there a difference in patient and financial outcomes?
Abstract:Background
The COVID-19 pandemic was declared the greatest challenge the NHS would face since its creation. As a means of combatting the unprecedented strains COVID-19 was expected to force upon hospitals and their staff, NHS England sanctioned the postponement of all non-urgent elective surgery during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Approximately 70 000 cholecystectomies are performed every year in the UK, with the vast majority of these being elective laparoscopic… Show more
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