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ArticleMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2024

Unveiling the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Lung Cancer Surgery.

Gabriel Veniamin Cozma, Calin Muntean, Alaviana Monique Faur, Vasile Gaborean, Ioan Adrian Petrache, Catalin Vladut Ionut Feier

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Article in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Gabriel Veniamin CozmaThoracic Surgery Research Center, "Victor Babeş" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timişoara, Eftimie Murgu Square No. 2, 300041 Timişoara, Romania.
Calin MunteanMedical Informatics and Biostatistics, Department III-Functional Sciences, "Victor Babeş" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timişoara, Eftimie Murgu Square No. 2, 300041 Timişoara, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-0497-0405
Alaviana Monique FaurFaculty of Medicine, "Victor Babeş" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timişoara, 300041 Timişoara, Romania.
Vasile GaboreanThoracic Surgery Research Center, "Victor Babeş" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timişoara, Eftimie Murgu Square No. 2, 300041 Timişoara, Romania.ORCID 0009-0000-8647-1003
Ioan Adrian PetracheThoracic Surgery Research Center, "Victor Babeş" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timişoara, Eftimie Murgu Square No. 2, 300041 Timişoara, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-5222-6237
Catalin Vladut Ionut FeierFirst Discipline of Surgery, Department X-Surgery, "Victor Babeş" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timişoara, Eftimie Murgu Square No. 2, 300041 Timişoara, Romania.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the surgical treatment of lung cancer patients. Data from patients who underwent surgery during the pandemic were analyzed and compared to pre-pandemic and post-pandemic periods. Multiple parameters were examined, and their changes yielded significant results compared to other periods of the study. The statistical analysis revealed a significant decrease in the number of surgical interventions during the pandemic (

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COVID-19Lung NeoplasmsPandemicsAgedComorbidityFemaleHospitalizationHumansLength of StayMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesSARS-CoV-2COVID-19 pandemiclength of hospitalizationlung cancer surgerysurgical postponement

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PMID38929581
PMCPMC11205397

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