Scheduled and urgent inguinal hernia repair in Ontario, Canada between 2010 and 2022: Population-based cross sectional analysis of trends and outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

We examine trends in inguinal hernia repairs with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic and secular trends in Ontario, Canada.

Methods

This was a retrospective cohort study. Hernia repairs performed January 1, 2010-December 31, 2022 were captured from health administrative inpatient and outpatient databases. Patients managed in three clinical settings were examined: public hospital in-patient, semi-private hospital in-patient (Shouldice Hospital), and public hospital out-patient. We examined the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on surgical volumes, clinical setting, patient characteristics by setting, time from diagnosis until surgery, hospital length-of-stay, and patient outcomes (90-day readmissions, 1-year reoperations). We used multivariable logistic regression to

SUBMITTER: Habbous S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10745156 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature