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Surgical Treatment and Outcomes of Colorectal Cancer Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Population-based Study in England.
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- The safety of colorectal cancer surgery during the COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Pooled it
- The risk of contracting SARS-CoV-2 or developing COVID-19 for people with cancer: A systematic review of the early evidence.Journal of cancer policy · 2022Pooled it
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- COVID-19 on Elective Surgery Outcomes in a Brazilian Tertiary Hospital: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025Article
- The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Diagnosis, Treatment, and Outcomes of Colorectal Cancer in Singapore.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
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- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Elective and Emergency Surgeries, and Postoperative Mortality in a Brazilian Metropolitan Area: A Time-Series Cohort Study.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2024Article
- Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Treatment Patterns and Outcomes of Colorectal Cancer.Ewha medical journal · 2023Review
- Less is more: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic in transfusion strategies after colorectal surgery.Annals of coloproctology · 2023Article
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- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Elective Surgery for Colorectal Cancer: Lessons to Be Learned.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Review
- Colorectal cancer in patients with SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Infectious agents and cancer · 2022Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on colorectal cancer surgery in Japan: Clinical Study Group of Osaka University-A multicenter retrospective study.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2022Article
- The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the outcomes of surgically treated colorectal diseases: a retrospective cohort study.Annals of surgical treatment and research · 2022Article
- Surgical safety in the COVID-19 era: present and future considerations.Annals of surgical treatment and research · 2022Review
- Single vs Dual-site service reconfiguration during Covid-19 pandemic - A tertiary care centre experience in hip fractures and a Scoping review.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2022Article
- Pancreatic surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic 2020-2021: an observational cohort study from a third level referral center.BMC surgery · 2022Observational
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- The influence of the Covid-19 pandemic on the 90-day mortality rate after emergency surgery for colon cancer.Journal of medicine and life · 2022Article
- Colorectal cancer care in the COVID-19 era: outcomes from a 'mixed site' model.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2022Article
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Abstract
To compare the management and outcomes of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients during the first 2 months of the COVID-19 pandemic with the preceding 6 months.
backgroundThe pandemic has affected the diagnosis and treatment of CRC patients worldwide. Little is known about the safety of major resection and whether creating "cold" sites (COVID-free hospitals) is effective.
methodsA national study in England used administrative hospital data for 14,930 CRC patients undergoing surgery between October 1, 2019, and May 31, 2020. Mortality of CRC resection was compared before and after March 23, 2020 ("lockdown" start).
resultsThe number of elective CRC procedures dropped sharply during the pandemic (from average 386 to 214 per week), whereas emergency procedures were hardly affected (from 88 to 84 per week). There was little change in characteristics of surgical patients during the pandemic. Laparoscopic surgery decreased from 62.5% to 35.9% for elective and from 17.7% to 9.7% for emergency resections. Surgical mortality increased slightly (from 0.9% to 1.2%,
conclusionsThe pandemic resulted in a 50% reduction in elective CRC procedures during the initial surge and a substantial increase in mortality after emergency resection. There was no evidence that surgery in COVID-free "cold" sites led to better outcomes in the first 2 months.
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