ArticleHernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery2023
Effect of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on planned and emergency hernia repair in Sweden: a register-based study.
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- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on scientific publications in the field of hernia surgery: a brief bibliometric analysis.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Article
- Emergent groin hernia repair in a tertiary government hospital in the Philippines: a 7-year review of case profiles, management practices, and post-operative outcomes.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025Article
- 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
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Abstract
purposeThe COVID-19 has had a profound impact on the health care delivery in Sweden, including deprioritization of benign surgeries during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of COVID-19 pandemic on emergency and planned hernia repair in Sweden.
methodsData on hernia repairs from January 2016 to December 2021 were retrieved from the Swedish Patient Register using procedural codes. Two groups were formed: COVID-19 group (January 2020-December 2021) and control group (January 2016-December 2019). Demographic data on mean age, gender, and type of hernia were collected.
resultsThis study showed a weak negative correlation between the number of elective hernia repairs performed each month during the pandemic and the number of emergency repairs carried out during the following 3 months for inguinal hernia repair (p = 0.114) and incisional hernia repair (p = 0.193), whereas there was no correlation for femoral or umbilical hernia repairs.
conclusionThe COVID-19 pandemic had a great impact on planned hernia surgeries in Sweden, but our hypothesis that postponing planned repairs would increase the risk of emergency events was not supported.
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