The clinical impact of COVID-19 on endoscopic surgery in Japan: Analysis of data from the National Clinical Database.
Hidefumi ShiroshitaHideki EndoMasafumi InomataTomonori AkagiHiroyuki YamamotoShigeki YamaguchiSusumu EguchiNorihito WadaYukinori KurokawaYosuke SekiYoshiharu SakaiHiroaki MiyataYoshihiro KakejiYuko KitagawaAkinobu TaketomiMasaki MoriPublished in: Annals of gastroenterological surgery (2023)
The number of endoscopic surgeries decreased in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the procedures were performed safely in Japan.