Impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on postoperative morbidity after hepatectomy: A propensity-score matching study on a national French database.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on managing liver malignancies worldwide is unknown. This study aimed to determine the impact of lockdowns on patient clinical pathways and postoperative morbi-mortality.

Methods

This study evaluated all adults' hospital stays for liver tumors between 2019 and 2021 from the national French discharge database. The primary outcome was the clinical pathway, especially surgical care and postoperative outcomes, between patients admitted during COVID-19 lockdown periods (lockdown group) and during the same periods of 2019 and 2021 (control groups).

Results

The overall population included 58,508 patients: 18,907 patients in the lockdown group, 20,045 in the 2019 control group, and 19,556 in the 2021 control group. Surgical act

SUBMITTER: Nassar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10086106 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature