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ArticleJournal of gastrointestinal cancer2022

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Elective Surgery for Colorectal Cancer.

Jian Cui, Zijian Li, Qi An, Gang Xiao

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Article in Journal of gastrointestinal cancer, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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Jian CuiDepartment of General Surgery, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Zijian LiDepartment of General Surgery, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Qi AnDepartment of General Surgery, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China. anqi3651@bjhmoh.cn.
Gang XiaoDepartment of General Surgery, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China.

Funding

Beijing Hospital Project BJ-2019-144Beijing Hospital Project BJ-2020-139
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with colorectal cancer undergoing elective surgery.

methodsThe medical records of patients with colorectal cancer who underwent elective surgery in our department during the COVID-19 pandemic (February 1 to May 31, 2020) were collected and analyzed. We compared the clinical data with colorectal cancer during the same 4-month period in 2018 and 2019.

resultsSixty-seven patients with colorectal cancer underwent elective surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic. This was 66% of the number of patients that underwent the procedure during the same period in 2018 and 2019. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the proportion of patients without any digestive system symptoms decreased to 3% and severe clinical symptoms decreased by 20.9%. The proportion of right colon cancer decreased by 17.9%, while the proportion of rectal cancer increased by 52.2%, as compared with 2018 and 2019. The fraction of protective stoma was significantly higher than in 2018 (23.9% vs. 8.7%, p = 0.011). Compared with 2019, the average post-operative stay was significantly shorter than in 2018 (9.6 ± 3.7 vs. 12.1 ± 9.1, p = 0.015). Compared with 2019, the number of patients with perineural invasion (a feature of adverse prognosis) significantly increased (p = 0.009).

conclusionDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of patients undergoing elective surgery for colorectal cancer was reduced. However, the tumor stage of patients did not change substantially. We suggest that the clinical diagnosis and treatment of colorectal cancer should strictly comply with national and professional standards.

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Colonic NeoplasmsColorectal NeoplasmsCOVID-19Rectal NeoplasmsElective Surgical ProceduresHumansPandemicsColorectal cancerCOVID-19 pandemicElective surgeryImpact

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PMID33730339
PMCPMC7966617

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