Thoracic surgery and COVID-19: changes and managements during the pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several articles have been published about the reorganization of surgical activity during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic but little is known about the operative volume, distribution of cases, or capacity of The Department of Thoracic Surgery to deliver surgical services in the time of COVID-19.

Methods

A retrospective operative logbook review was completed in department of thoracic in a designated COVID-19 hospital. We reviewed and analyzed the operative logbook and discussed our countermeasures during the outbreak. A prediction model was established to discuss the time consuming about delayed surgeries during the pandemic.

Results

One thousand two hundred and seventy-five operation records were collected. The thoracic surgeries of this ye

SUBMITTER: Wang R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8024807 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature