Dental Surgical Activity in Hospitals during COVID-19: A Nationwide Observational Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The number of surgical extractions performed in hospitals in England remains unclear. This study reports the volume of surgical extractions conducted in hospitals and change in activity during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

We conducted a nationwide observational cohort study using Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) in England for patients undergoing surgical removal of a tooth (defined using OPSC-4 code F09) between April 1, 2015, and December 31, 2020. Procedures were stratified by age, gender, and urgency (elective or nonelective), reported using descriptive statistics, number, and percentage. We conducted post hoc modeling to predict surgical activity to December 2023. In addition, we contrasted this with aggregate national data on simple dental extraction pr

SUBMITTER: Booth J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11409558 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature