COVID-19 Pandemic Did not Influence Number of Oncologic and Emergency Surgeries: A Retrospective Cohort Study from a Tertiary Hospital in Austria.
Lukas GasteigerGabriel PutzerElisabeth HoernerMichael JoannidisTimo MayerhöferTobias HellOttokar StundnderJudith MartiniPublished in: Annals of surgical oncology (2023)
The concern that the pandemic led to a decrease in oncologic and emergency surgeries cannot be supported with the data from our hospital. A flexible, day-by-day, resource allocation programme with central coordination adhering to hospital resilience recommendations may have helped to adapt to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic during the first three pandemic half-years.