ArticleJournal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery : JPRAS2022
Nationwide analysis of plastic and reconstructive procedural volume in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Quantifying the Impact of COVID-19 on Hand and Wrist Surgery Procedural Volume: A National Analysis of 381,046 Cases.Journal of hand surgery global online · 2023Article
- Breast reconstruction during the COVID-19 pandemic: Single institution experience from the pandemic's epicenter in the United States.Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery : JPRAS · 2022Article
- A Retrospective Study on Single-Stage Reconstruction of the Ear following Skin Cancer Excision in Elderly Patients.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
introductionThis study aims to define the impact of the novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the volume of common plastic and reconstructive procedures in the United States.
methodsTrinetX is a national, federated database that was utilized in surveying plastic and reconstructive procedural volumes among 53 Healthcare organizations (HCO) between March 2018 and May 2021. This timeframe was divided into pre-pandemic (March 2018 to February 2020) and pandemic periods (March 2020 to May 2021). Each period was then sub-divided into four seasons of the year and the mean monthly procedural volume per HCO was compared. A student's t-tests comparing pre-pandemic and pandemic seasonal mean procedural volumes were used for statistical analysis.
resultsA total of 366,032 patient encounters among 53 HCO were included. The average seasonal volume per HCO of all procedures reduced from 872.11 procedures during pre-pandemic seasons to 827.36 during pandemic seasons. Spring 2020 vol declined for most procedures as 15 of 24 (63%) assessed procedure categories experienced statistically significant decreases. Spring 2021 experienced rebounds with 15 of 24 (63%) assessed procedures showing statistically significant increases.
conclusionDuring the pandemic period, the average procedural volume per HCO of 14 procedure categories was significantly less than the pre-pandemic average procedural volume. Overall, an inverse relationship was observed between novel COVID-19 cases and plastic and reconstructive surgery procedure volumes in the United States.
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