Impact of previous COVID-19 infection on postoperative complications and functional recovery: a 1-year follow-up ambispective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It's necessary to reassess the patients' short-term and long-term postoperative outcomes in the post-COVID-19 era. This study aims to provide more comprehensive evidence regarding the timing of surgery after COVID-19 infection among the vaccinated population upon Omicron variant, considering the duration after acute COVID-19 infection, the severity of COVID-19, patients' comorbidities, and the full course quality of postoperative recovery.

Materials and methods

This is a single-center cohort study. Patients diagnosed with preoperative COVID-19 infection were consecutively included before surgery. Patients' demographics, surgical characteristics, and COVID-19-related factors were documented. Exposure was the time interval from COVID-19 infection to surgery. The pri

SUBMITTER: Che L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11745778 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature