[Outcomes following the triage of patients for urological cancer and non-cancer surgery during Covid-19 pandemic peak].

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Faced with the first wave of Covid-19 pandemic, guidelines for surgical triage were developed to free up healthcare resources. The aim of our study was to assess clinical characteristics and surgical outcomes of triaged patients during the first Covid-19 crisis.

Method

We conducted a cohort-controlled, non-randomized, study in a University Hospital of south-eastern France. Data were collected prospectively from consecutive patients after triage during the period from March 15th to May 1st and compared with control data from outside pandemic period. Primary endpoint was intensive care unit (ICU) admissions for surgery-related complications. Rates of surgery-specific death, postponed operations, positive PCR testing and Clavien-Dindo complications and data from ca

SUBMITTER: Durand M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7914008 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature