Impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown on in-hospital mortality and surgical activity in elective digestive resections: A nationwide cohort analysis

Influence of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak on management and prognosis of new lung cancer cases, a retrospective multicentre real-life cohort study

“…Like others, we found that the difference in the mortality rate of patients resected in 2018–19 vs. those of 2020 was not statistically significant 6 , 7 , 8 . In the resected patient subgroup, the HR value was consistent with that observed in the other patient subgroups, with differences being not statistically significant, possibly due to a lack of power.…”

Surgical safety in the COVID-19 era: present and future considerations

“…Throughout the course of the pandemic, many medical centers simultaneously reported a decrease in their numbers of surgeries, whether they were elective or emergent, or for cancerous or benign resections. The initial prediction made by the COVIDSurg Collaborative group was an 80% decrease in benign and a 30% decrease in malignant cancer surgeries ( Table 1 ) [ 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ]. A multicenter-based report from England and Wales reported a 33.6% decrease in all types of surgeries in 2020 compared to non-pandemic periods (4,671,338 to 3,102,674) [ 7 ].…”

“…Twelve studies were reviewed for elective surgery outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic ( Table 2 ) [ 16 17 19 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 ]. All of these reports presented postoperative morbidity and mortality data that were comparable to the pre-pandemic era.…”

“…In addition, a further study reported a 10-fold increase in mortality among symptomatic COVID-19 patients but only a 2-fold increase in asymptomatic patients after gastrointestinal surgery. Systematic screening for the virus has therefore been recommended before conducting elective surgeries [ 17 ].…”

Impact of a same day admission project in reducing the preoperative bed occupancy demand in a pediatric inpatient hospital

“…During the SDA project, due to the unprecedented outbreak of COVID-19, the admission of patients for elective surgeries decreased to such an extent that the full utilization of the SDA project was affected [ [31] , [32] , [33] ].…”