Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Interventional Radiology in Germany
| Autor: | Martina Schmidbauer, Andreas Busjahn, Philipp Paprottka, Arno Bücker, Jonathan Nadjiri, Frank K. Wacker |
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| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | RöFo - Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Röntgenstrahlen und der bildgebenden Verfahren. |
| ISSN: | 1438-9010 1438-9029 |
| DOI: | 10.1055/a-2018-3512 |
| Popis: | Purpose To investigate the effect of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on interventional radiology (IR) in Germany in 2020 and 2021. Materials und Methods This retrospective study is based on the nationwide interventional radiology procedures documented in the quality register of the German Society for Interventional Radiology and Minimally Invasive Therapy (DeGIR-QS-Register). The nationwide volume of interventions in the pandemic years 2020 and 2021 was compared with the pre-pandemic period (Poisson-test, Mann-Whitney test). The aggregated data were additionally evaluated by intervention type with differentiated consideration of the temporal epidemiological infection occurrence. Results During the two pandemic years 2020 and 2021, the number of interventional procedures increased by appr. 4 % compared to the same period of the previous year (n = 190 454 and 189 447 vs. n = 183 123, respectively, p Conclusion The COVID-19 pandemic in Germany led to a significant short-term decrease in interventional radiology procedures in the initial phase. A compensatory increase in the number of procedures was observed in the subsequent period. This reflects the adaptability and robustness of IR and the high demand for minimally invasive radiological procedures in medical care. Key points: Citation Format |
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