Routine surgeries during the COVID-19 pandemic: A French nationwide cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic inevitably had consequences on routine surgical procedures. The objective was to quantify changes to five surgical procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic namely cataract surgery, hip and knee arthoplasties, coronary revascularization by angioplasty and definitive cardiac stimulation.

Materials and method

All hospitalizations with at least one act of each surgery between January 1, 2019, and June 30, 2021, were included from the database of all French residents' health-related expenses. Percentage changes between observed and expected numbers of hospital stays were calculated for each surgery in 2020 and the first half of 2021 with 95% Confidence Intervals. Expected numbers were calculated from the number in 2019 by applying an average annual

SUBMITTER: Dufour E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9065655 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature