ArticleEuropean journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society2022
The effects of COVID-19 pandemic on emergency anterior abdominal wall hernia surgery: is it safe to postpone elective hernia surgery in the pandemic?
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- Surgical Challenges During the COVID-19 Crisis: A Comparative Study of Inguinal Hernia Treatment in Romania.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Significant increase of emergency hernia operation during COVID.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2024Article
- Emergency umbilical hernia management: scoping review.BJS open · 2024Article
- The impact of elective surgery postponement during COVID-19 on emergency bellwether procedures in a large tertiary centre in Singapore.International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care · 2024Article
- Effect of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on planned and emergency hernia repair in Sweden: a register-based study.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2023Article
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- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hernia surgery in a Swedish healthcare region: a population-based cohort study.BMC surgery · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of this study was to investigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency anterior abdominal wall hernia surgeries (EAAWHS) by comparing the pandemic period with the control period a year ago and to share our experiences in the pandemic period.
methodsThis single-center retrospective cohort study included all patients who underwent EAAWHS during the pandemic (from 11 March 2020 to 25 January 2021) and control period (1 year before the same period, from 11 March 2019 to 25 January 2020). Demographic data, preoperative clinical and pathological parameters, intraoperative findings and postoperative complications secondary to operation and COVID-19 infection, length of intensive care and hospital stay of patients were recorded, and the pandemic and control groups were compared.
resultsOf the 87 patients who underwent anterior abdominal wall hernia surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic, 41 (47.1%) were operated emergently and 46 (52.9%) were operated electively. Of the 485 patients who underwent anterior abdominal wall hernia surgery during the control period, 24 (4.95%) were operated emergently and 461 (95.05%) were operated electively. The decrease in the number of elective operations and the increase in the number of emergency operations were significant during the pandemic (p < 0.001).There was a decrease in the number of emergency inguinal hernia operations and an increase in the number of emergency ventral (incisional, umbilical) hernia operations during the pandemic period compared to the control period (p < 0.05).The mortality rates were similar (8.3 vs. 9.8%, p > 0.05) in both periods.
conclusionDespite the increase in the number of EAAWHS during the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no significant difference in mortality and morbidity rates. EAAWHS can be performed safely during the pandemic by taken necessary and adequate precautions.
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