Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on gastroenterological surgeries in 2020: A study using the National Clinical Database of Japan.
Hiromichi MaedaHideki EndoHiroyuki YamamotoHiroaki MiyataMasaya MunekageAkinobu TaketomiYoshihiro KakejiYasuyuki SetoKazuhiro YoshidaHiroki YamaueMasakazu YamamotoYuko KitagawaMori MasakiKazuhiro HanazakiPublished in: Annals of gastroenterological surgery (2022)
A marked reduction in surgeries for gastric and rectal cancers with early T factors may reflect prioritization of surgeries and reduction in cancer screenings. Although the quality of the surgery was maintained in terms of reduced mortalities and morbidities, the long-term effects of this pandemic should be monitored.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- quality improvement
- papillary thyroid
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- coronary artery bypass
- squamous cell
- childhood cancer
- surgical site infection
- squamous cell carcinoma
- adverse drug
- atrial fibrillation
- coronary artery disease
- young adults
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- lymph node metastasis
- acute coronary syndrome