[Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic on Liver Surgery and Liver Transplantations in Germany].
Can YurttasChristina SchleicherImma FischerChristoph MeisnerSilvio NadalinAlfred KönigsrainerMarkus W LöfflerMarkus QuantePublished in: Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie (2022)
The number of liver surgery procedures in Germany was subject to a dynamic development until 2020, without apparent changes in the first year of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The most frequently performed liver procedures, as well as liver transplantations, remained stable with respect to their annually recorded numbers. Publication of data regarding procedures in liver surgery and transplantation in 2021 need to be awaited and analyzed to evaluate whether the observations presented in this article prove stable any further.