| Autor: |
George Demetriou, Kasun Wanigasooriya, Ahmed Elmaradny, Ammar Al-Najjar, Mohammad Rauf, Alicia Martin-Jones, Mohamed Saad Aboul-Enein, Steven J Robinson, Anthony Perry, Martin S Wadley, Moustafa Mourad |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
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| Zdroj: |
Frontiers in Surgery, Vol 9 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2296-875X |
| DOI: |
10.3389/fsurg.2022.990533 |
| Popis: |
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic had a significant impact on elective surgery for benign disease. We examined the effects of COVID-19 related delays on the outcomes of patients undergoing elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) in an upper gastrointestinal surgery unit in the UK. We have analysed data retrospectively of patients undergoing elective LC between 01/03/2019 to 01/05/2019 and 01/04/2021 to 11/06/2021. Demographics, waiting time to surgery, intra-operative details and outcome data were compared between the two cohorts. Indications for surgery were grouped as inflammatory (acute cholecystitis, gallstone pancreatitis, CBD stone with cholangitis) or non-inflammatory (biliary colic, gallbladder polyps, CBD stone without cholangitis). A p value of |
| Databáze: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
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