Death following pulmonary complications of surgery before and during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to determine the impact of pulmonary complications on death after surgery both before and during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic.

Methods

This was a patient-level, comparative analysis of two, international prospective cohort studies: one before the pandemic (January-October 2019) and the second during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic (local emergence of COVID-19 up to 19 April 2020). Both included patients undergoing elective resection of an intra-abdominal cancer with curative intent across five surgical oncology disciplines. Patient selection and rates of 30-day postoperative pulmonary complications were compared. The primary outcome was 30-day postoperative mortality. Mediation analysis using a natural-effects

SUBMITTER: STARSurg Collaborative and COVIDSurg Collaborative 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10364875 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature