Nationwide analysis of plastic and reconstructive procedural volume in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic

Autor: Haig Pakhchanian, Ivan Z. Liu, Rahul Raiker, Carter J. Boyd, Daniel Mehrabian, Omar Tarawneh
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
ISSN: 1748-6815
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2021.11.100
Popis: Introduction This study aims to define the impact that the novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had on the volume of common plastic and reconstructive procedures. Methods TrinetX is a national, federated database that was utilitzed in surveying plastic and reconstructive procedural volumes among 53 Healthcare organizations (HCO) between March 2018 and May 2021. This timeframe was divided into pre-pandemic (March 2018 to February 2020) and pandemic periods (March 2020 to May 2021). Each period was then sub-divided into the four seasons of the year and mean monthly procedural volume per HCO was compared. A student's t-tests comparing pre-pandemic and pandemic seasonal mean procedural volumes were used for statistical analysis. Results A total of 366,032 patient encounters among 53 HCO were included. The average seasonal volume per HCO of all procedures decreased from 872.11 procedures during pre-pandemic seasons to 827.36 during pandemic seasons. Spring 2020 volumes declined for most procedures as 15 of 24 (63%) assessed procedure categories experienced statistically significant decreases. Spring 2021 experienced rebounds with 15 of 24 (63%) assessed procedures showing statistically significant increases. Conclusion During the pandemic period, the average procedural volume per HCO of 14 procedure categories was significantly less than the pre-pandemic average procedural volume. As a whole, there was a inverse relationship between new United States COVID-19 cases and plastic and reconstructive surgery procedure volumes.
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