Investigation of the impact of COVID-19 on postoperative outcomes using a nationwide Japanese database of patients undergoing laparoscopic distal gastrectomy and low anterior resection for gastric cancer and rectal cancer.
Tomonori AkagiHideki EndoMasafumi InomataHidefumi ShiroshitaShigeki YamaguchiSusumu EguchiNorihito WadaYukinori KurokawaYosuke SekiYoshiharu SakaiHiroyuki YamamotoYoshihiro KakejiYuko KitagawaAkinobu TaketomiMasaki MoriPublished in: Annals of gastroenterological surgery (2024)
Laparoscopic surgeries were performed safely in Japan and were not affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.