| Autor: |
Mesut Berkan Duran, MD, Omer Yildirim, MD, Yalcin Kizilkan, MD, Cagatay Tosun, MD, Abdullah Cirakoglu, MD, Mehmet Hamza Gultekin, MD, Umit Gul, MD, Mesut Altan, MD, Cem Sah, MD, Eray Hasirci, MD, Erman Ceyhan, MD, Sakir Ongun, MD, Tahsin Turunc, MD |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Sexual Medicine, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 100292- (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2050-1161 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.esxm.2020.100292 |
| Popis: |
Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused unprecedented restrictions in outpatient services and surgical practices in urology as in other medical branches as well as in all areas of life. Aim: To investigate whether there have been variations in the presentations of male patients with sexual and reproductive health problems to the outpatient urology clinics during the COVID-19 pandemic and to understand the underlying factors for these variations, if any. Methods: Male patients aged ≥18 years who presented to the outpatient urology clinics in 12 centers across Turkey from February 1, 2020 to June 1, 2020 were retrospectively evaluated. The patients were divided into 2 groups: those who presented to the outpatient clinic from February 1, 2020 to March 11, 2020 comprised the “pre–COVID-19 pandemic period” group, whereas those who presented to the outpatient clinic from March 12, 2020 to June 1, 2020 comprised the “COVID-19 pandemic period” group and compared with each other. Main Outcome Measures: The main outcome of this study was the number and diagnose of patients presented to urology outpatient clinics. Results: Andrological problems were detected in 721 of 4,955 male patients included in the study. During the COVID-19 pandemic period, there was a significant increase in andrological diagnosis in these patients compared with the pre–COVID-19 pandemic period (n = 293 [17%] vs n = 428 [13.2%], P |
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