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It has become important for surgeons to be able to identify when surgery is not a suitable management option for their patient, ie when surgery is futile. The lockdown group of patients had a longer length of stay (6.9 versus 4 days) and only one patient (9.1%, 1/11) was managed with laparoscopic cholecystectomy, compared to 52.9% of patients (9/17) over the pre-lockdown period. In group 1, 52 (32.70%) patients required an operation compared to 77 (44.00%) in group 2. 14 (8.80%) patients were admitted to the intensive care unit and 6 (3.77%) patients required transfer to another facility, compared to 29 (16.57%) and 13 (7.43%) in group 2 respectively. All patients with hypocalcaemia either had a PTH of <0.5 (10 patients) or the PTH was not tested (4 patients). [Extracted from the article] |
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