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Surgical Outcomes During COVID-19 Pandemic.
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- Epidemiology of children and adolescents undergoing surgery at Mexican public hospitals: a retrospective registry-based analysis from 2010 to 2022.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Clinical characteristics and factors associated with in-hospital post-surgical mortality in COVID-19 patients at a tertiary care center in Karachi, Pakistan.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency general surgery outcomes: a retrospective analysis of seven procedures.Updates in surgery · 2025Article
- Optimizing timing for elective surgery in cancer patients following COVID-19 infection; a post-pandemic analysis.Infectious agents and cancer · 2025Article
- Assessing the impact of enhanced hygiene precautions during the COVID-19 pandemic on surgical site infection risk in abdominal surgeries.BMC surgery · 2024Article
- Risk factors of postoperative intensive care unit admission during the COVID-19 pandemic: A multicentre retrospective cohort study.International journal of surgery open · 2023Article
- Lumbar fusion during the COVID-19 pandemic: greater rates of morbidity and longer procedures.Journal of spine surgery (Hong Kong) · 2023Article
- Risk factors for hypoxaemia following hip fracture surgery in elderly patients who recovered from COVID-19: a multicentre retrospective study.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- Patients' characteristics and 30-day mortality for those undergoing elective surgeries during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh.PloS one · 2023Article
- Postoperative nosocomial COVID-19 infection in surgical patients during pandemic: A prospective observational cohort study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022Article
- Early outcomes of radical surgery in non-small-cell lung cancer patients with and without COVID-19 history: a multi-center real-world study.Therapeutic advances in respiratory diseaseArticle
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Abstract
backgroundIn December 2019, an outbreak of a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) occurred in China and became pandemic in March 2020. Patients undergoing surgery are a vulnerable risk of COVID-19 exposure/infection. The aim of the study was to determine the characteristics and outcomes of patients undergoing surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic in a third level reference hospital in Mexico.
methodIRB approved observational study (prospectively collected database) of general and surgical oncology procedures from 04/20-08/20. Patients preoperative data and surgical cases registered. COVID-19 detection was a combination of polymerase chain reaction swab and chest computed tomography. Primary endpoints were: 30 d surgical mortality and complications, including COVID-19 infection during hospitalization.
results193 patients were included (mean age: 53.9 years, 63.7% female). 52.8% procedures were performed by surgical oncology. 42.4% developed a complication with 8.3% mortality. COVID-19 infection was 11.3% (n = 22). Postoperative morbidity (81.3 vs. 37.4%, p = 0.0001) and mortality (27.3 vs. 5.8%, p = 0.0001) was higher in COVID-19 (+) patients. Factors associated with COVID-19 infections were sex, functional status, preoperative sepsis and ventilation, renal failure and dialysis (univariate analysis) and sepsis and renal failure (multivariate analysis). COVID-19 infection was associated with respiratory complications (54.5 vs. 2.9%), surgical site infection (27.3 vs. 10.5%), postoperative transfusions (59.1 vs. 31.6%), renal failure (54.5 vs. 8.2%), sepsis (68.2 vs. 22.2%), reintervention (22.7 vs. 7.6%), readmission (18.2 vs. 4.1%), and death (27.3 vs. 5.8%) (p <0.05).
conclusionPostoperative morbidity and mortality in COVID-19 patients is high. Surgical procedures should be thoughtfully reviewed with a plan to minimize scheduled operations.
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