Effect of COVİD-19 Pandemic on General Surgery Practice and Resident Education

Autor: Kamran Mahmudzada, Busenur Kırımtay, Timuçin Erol, Kaya Yorgancı, Mustafa Oruç, Doğukan Doğu
Rok vydání: 2021
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Popis: Background Sudden change in general surgery practice during pandemic caused a detrimental effect on residency training. The main objective of this study is to reveal the effect of Covid-19 pandemic on general surgery practice and surgical residency education. Methods This retrospective cross sectional study included all patients operated at a tertiary university hospital, general surgery department between 11-March 2019/ 11- January-2019 (Pre-Covid 19 Period) and 11-march 2020- 11- January − 2020 (Covid 19 period). Two period compared in terms of case volume, complexity difference and effect of this difference on residents training. Results Overall 2740 cases included to study. Elective case volume significantly decreased during pandemic (p = 0.001). This decrease is much more obvious for B-C category operations. Intermediate seniority resident’s case volumes and complexity of the cases they performed decreased during pandemic. Conclusion Surgical residency programs must be revised urgently in order to provide adequte training which altered due to Covid-19 pandemic.
Databáze: OpenAIRE