Impact of COVID-19 on urgent gastrointestinal surgery outcomes: increased mortality in 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted healthcare systems. In France, non-urgent procedures were postponed, leading to a 52% decrease in elective surgical activity in public hospitals in Paris during the first wave. We aimed to assess the impact on gastro-intestinal emergency surgeries of health strategies implemented during this pandemic.

Methods

This multicenter retrospective cohort study enrolled patients from sixteen public hospitals over five periods: March and April, 2018, and 2019 (pre-pandemic), 2020 (first wave), 2021 (third wave), and 2022 (post-pandemic). All adult patients requiring urgent gastrointestinal surgery admitted through the Emergency Department were included. Statistical tests were performed with the chi-square test, ANOVA test, Stude

SUBMITTER: Gouel-Cheron A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11917096 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature