The impact of COVID-19 on pancreaticoduodenectomy outcomes in a hepatopancreatobiliary centre of excellence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, access to "planned" surgical care was restricted as the health care system responded to the coronavirus. We hypothesized that the pandemic resulted in diagnostic and therapeutic delays, leading to stage migration among patients with malignancies treated with a Whipple procedure.

Methods

This study is a retrospective review of adults who underwent surgical exploration for a planned pancreaticoduodenectomy for malignancy at St. Joseph's Health Centre between March 11, 2019, and March 11, 2021.

Results

We included 180 patients in the study. Baseline characteristics, pathologic diagnoses, and perioperative outcomes were similar between the 2 cohorts. The post-COVID group had longer median wait times from date of consen

SUBMITTER: Nabavian H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11602196 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature