The dramatic COVID 19 outbreak in Italy is responsible of a huge drop of urological surgical activity: a multicenter observational study.
Bernardo RoccoSighinolfi Maria ChiaraMarco SandriVincenzo AltieriMichele AmentaFilippo AnninoAlessandro AntonelliRaffaele BaioRiccardo BertoloAldoMassimo BocciardiMarco BorghesiPierluigi BoveGiorgio BozziniEugenio BrunocillaGiovanni Enrico CacciamaniAlberto CaloriAngelo CafarelliAntonio CeliaAntonio CarboneAndrea CocciAlfio CorsaroGiovanni CostaCarlo CerutiLuca CindoloSimone CrivellaroOrietta DalpiazDaniele D'AgostinoBruno Dall'OglioDonato DenteRoberto FalabellaMario FalsaperlaGiovanni FerrariMarinella FinocchiaroSimone FlammiaFranco GaboardiAntonio GalfanoFabrizio GalloLorenzo GattiFrancesco GrecoSada KhorramiCostantino LeonardoCarlo MarenghiRoberto NucciottiMarco OderdaVincenzo PagliaruloPaolo ParmaAntonio L PastoreGiovannalberto PiniAngelo PorrecaLuigi PucciMaurizio SchenoneRiccardo SchiavinaCarmine SciorioLorenzo SpiritoAlessandro TafuriCarlo TerronePaolo UmariVirginia VarcaDomenico VenezianoPaolo VerzeAlessandro VolpeSalvatore MicaliLorenzo BertiStefano ZaramellaLuisa ZegnaElisabetta BertelliniAndrea MinerviniPublished in: BJU international (2020)
Italy, a country with a high fatality rate from COVID-19, experienced a sudden decline in surgical activity. This decline was inversely related to the increase in COVID-19 care, with potential harm particularly in the oncological field. The Italian experience may be helpful for future surgical pre-planning in other countries not so drastically affected by the disease to date.