Overall management of emergency general surgery patients during the surge of the COVID-19 pandemic: an analysis of procedures and outcomes from a teaching hospital at the worst hit area in Spain.
Fernández-Martínez MaríaMartín-Román LorenaFernández-Vázquez María LuzRey-Valcarcel CristinaPérez-Díaz DoloresTurégano-Fuentes FernandoPublished in: European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society (2021)
Non-operative management (NOM) was undertaken in a third of patients, and only 14% of operated patients had a perioperative confirmation of -CoV-2 infection. The severity and morbidity of COVID-19-infected patients was much higher. Late presentations for medical care may have added to the high morbidity of the series.