ArticleSurgery today2024
Impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on 20 representative surgical procedures in Japan based on the National Clinical Database: annual surveillance of 2021 by the Japan Surgical Society.
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Abstract
purposeThe volume of surgical services has significantly reduced globally due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This study evaluated the level of recovery in terms of the number of operations performed in Japan in 2021, based on nationwide periodic surveillance.
methodsInformation on the weekly and annual volumes of 20 representative procedures in 6 surgical subspecialties in 2021 was extracted from the National Clinical Database. Statistical data for 2018 and 2019 (pre-pandemic era) were compared with those for 2020. Data on waves of infection, peak period, and high-prevalence areas (13 of 47 prefectures) were analyzed individually.
resultsThe volumes of the 10 procedures, including gastrectomy, hepatectomy, valve replacement and valve plasty, coronary artery bypass grafting, infrarenal abdominal aorta replacement, ventricular septal defect closure, lung lobectomy, inguinal hernia repair (age < 16 years old), and appendectomy (age < 16 years old), did not reach 95% of that in the pre-pandemic era. The most striking decline in the surgical volume of these 10 procedures was observed during the peak period of wave 5 in high-prevalence areas.
conclusionThis near-complete enumeration survey identified the polarization of 20 representative procedures in terms of resumption of surgical service after the pandemic.
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