Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a trauma center of a university hospital in Japan
| Autor: | Junki Suzuki, Tomoo Nakagawa, Yuhei Nakayama, Takashi Suzuki, Kaori Ito, Kentaro Matsui, Masahiro Asami, Tetsuya Sakamoto, Yasufumi Miyake, Shuya Takahashi, Toshio Sagawa, Takahiro Inui, Shinnosuke Yamashita, Kahoko Nakazawa, Keisuke Ishii, Taichiro Tsunoyama, Takahiro Oonuki, Taketo Kurozumi, Yoshinobu Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Nagao |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Hospitals University 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Japan Trauma Centers Patient age Pandemic medicine Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Pandemics 030222 orthopedics Hip fracture business.industry Hip Fractures SARS-CoV-2 General surgery Trauma center COVID-19 University hospital medicine.disease Surgery Observational study Original Article Surgical diagnosis business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Orthopaedic Science |
| ISSN: | 1436-2023 |
| Popis: | Background The Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic caused the Japanese government to declare a State of Emergency on April 7, 2020. The aim of this study is to provide an overview of the effects of the pandemic on surgical cases at a university hospital trauma center. Methods An observational study was performed at a trauma center in a tertiary hospital in Tokyo, Japan. The number of surgeries was compared between two periods: a historical control period (Tuesday April 9 to Monday May 27, 2019) and the period of the Japan State of Emergency due to COVID-19 (Tuesday April 7–Monday May 25, 2020). Information on patient age, gender, and surgical diagnosis, site, and procedure was collected for cases operated on in each period. The number of trauma surgeries was compared between the two periods. Data from the two periods were compared statistically. Results The total number of surgical cases was 151 in the control period and 83 in the COVID-19 period (including no cases with COVID-19), a decrease of 45.0%. There were significantly more surgeries for patients with hip fractures in the COVID-19 period (9 vs. 19, P |
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